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OF  THE 


^VILLAGE,  OF  MEREDO$lfl> 

MORGAN  COUNTY.  ILLINOIS. 


Published,  hy  Authority  oi  the  President  and 
Trustees  of  said  Village. 


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Meredosia,  Illinois. 
1907. 


VILLAGE  OFFICERS. 


Elegted  April  17,  1906. 


JOSEPH  SGHM1TT,  President. 

E.  F.  PR1GE,  Glerk. 

trustees: 

J.  R.  BOWLING,  J.  G.  KRATZ,  A.  M.  WALDO, 
G.  D.  KAPPAL,  J.  F.  YEGK,  H.  SGHAEFER. 


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*|VILLAGE  OF  MEREDOSIA,|* 


MORGAN  COUNTY,  ILLINOIS. 


Whereas,  the  Town  of  Meredosia,  was  heretofore  organized  under 
a  Special  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  approv¬ 
ed  on  the  25th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1867,  under  the  corporate  name 
of  “The  President  and  Trustees  of  the  Town  of  Meredosia;”  and. 

Whereas,  it  was  deemed  necessary  and  expedient  by  the  citizens 
and  corporate  authorities  of  said  Town  that  it  become  organized  as  a 
Village  under  the  general  law  of  this  State  applicable  to  Villages;  and, 

Whereas,  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
said  Town  of  Meredosia,  held  on  the  15th  day  of  January,  1906,  a  peti¬ 
tion  was  presented  to  said  Board  of  Trustees  signed  by  more  than 
thirty  legal  voters  of  said  town,  asking  said  Board  to  submit  to  the 
legal  voters  of  said  Town,  at  a  special  election,  the  question  whether 
x  said  Town  should  become  organized  as  a  Village  under  the  general 
x:  law;  and, 


-  Whereas,  said  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Town  of  Meredosia  at  its 
j  said  meeting  held  on  said  15th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1906,  by  appro- 
x  priate  resolutions,  ordered  that  a  special  election  be  held  in  said 
*  Town  on  Saturday  the  3rd  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906,  for  the  pur- 
^  pose  of  determining  whether  said  Town  should  become  organized  as 
a  Village  under  the  general  law,  and  appointed  J.  E.  Beauchamp, 
George  Naylor  and  David  McLain,  as  Judges  of  said  election;  and, 

S; 

\  Whereas,  due  notice  was  given  of  the  time,  place  and  purpose  of 
-C  such  election  by  causing  at  least  five  notices  thereof  to  be  posted  in 
""  public  places  in  such  Town  for  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  holding 
\  such  election;  and, 


Whereas,  such  election  was  held  at  the  time  and  place  stated  in 
said  notices,  and  there  were  cast  one  hundred  and  six  votes  in  favor 
of  said  proposition  and  thirty-four  votes  against  it;  and 


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Whereas,  the  result  of  said  election  was  certified  by  said  Judges 
to  the  President  and  Trustees  of  said  Town  on  the  3rd  day  of  Febru¬ 
ary,  1906,  who  on  said  date  canvassed  the  same  and  caused  a  state¬ 
ment  of  the  result  of  said  election  to  be  entered  upon  the  record  of 
the  town,  whereby  it  appeared,  and  was  declared  by  the  President 
and  Trustees  of  said  Town,  that  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  said 
election  were  in  tavor  of  Village  organization  under  the  general  law, 
and  that  said  town  was  duly  incorporated  as  a  Village  under  the  gen¬ 
eral  law  relating  to  Villages;  and, 

Whereas,  on  and  since  3rd  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906,  the  in¬ 
habitants  of  said  Town  of  Meredosia  have  been  organized  as  a  Village 
under  the  corporate  name  of  “The  Village  of  Meredosia;” 

Therefore,  in  order  to  provide  suitable  ordinances  for  the  govern¬ 
ment  of  said  Village, 

BE  IT  ORDAINED  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia: 

GHAPTER  I. 

BOUNDRIES. 

1.  Section  1.  The  boundaries  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia  shall 
be  the  same  as  those  heretofore  provided  for  the  Town  of  Meredosia, 
as  set  forth  in  the  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illi¬ 
nois,  granting  a  charter  to  said  Town,  approved  February  25th,  1867, 
that  is  to  say, 

The  incorporation  shall  extend  one-half  mile  east,  one-half  mile  south 
and  one-half  mile  north  of  the  center  of  the  public  square,  and  west 
as  far  as  the  center  of  the  Illinois  River;  that  is  as  follows:  begin¬ 
ning  at  a  point  one-half  mile  south  of  the  center  of  the  public  square 
thence  east  one-half  mile,  thence  north  one  mile,  thence  west  to  the 
center  of  the  Illinois  River,  thence  down  the  center  of  said  river  to  a 
point  directly  west  of  the  place  of  beginning,  thence  east  to  place  of 
beginning. 


GHAPTER  II. 

♦VILLAGE  BOARD. 

ARTICLE  I. 

TIME  AND  PLACE  OF  MEETING. 

2.  Section  1.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  Village  Board  shall 
be  held  in  the  Village  Board  chamber  on  the  fourth  (4th)  Thursday 
of  each  and  every  month,  at  the  hour  of  7:30  o’clock  P.  M.,  and  ad- 


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jurned  meetings  may  be  held  at  such  time  as  may  be  appointed  by 
the  Board  before  adjourning. 

3.  Sec.  2.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  and  held  by  notifica¬ 
tion  to  each  member  of  the  Village  Board,  signedby  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  or  by  three  Trustees,  served  personally,  by 
reading,  or  by  copy  left  at  the  member’s  usual  place  of  abode,  before 
the  time  specified  for  meeting.  The  call  or  notice  shall  specify  the 
object  of  the  meeting,  and  no  business  shall  be  transacted  at  any 
special  meeting  which  was  not  mentioned  in  the  call  for  such  meet¬ 
ing.  Adjourned  sessions  of  special  meetings  may  be  held  at  such 
time  as  may  be  appointed  by  the  Board  before  adjourning. 

ARTICLE  II. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

4.  Section  1.  The  order  of  business  at  all  regular  meetings  shall 
be  as  follows: 


1.  The  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting 
(unless  dispensed  with),  and  their  approval  or  correction. 

2.  The  presentation  of  petitions  (which  shall  always  be 
in  writing.) 

3.  Communications  to  the  Board. 

4  Claims  and  actions  thereon. 

5.  Reports  of  officers. 

6.  Reports  of  standing  committees. 

7.  Reports  of  special  committees. 

8.  Unfinished  business  of  the  preceding  meeting. 

9.  New  business. 

Said  order  of  business  shall  at  no  time  be  suspended,  except  by  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  the  Trustees  elected. 

ARTICLE  III 

COMMITTEES. 

5.  Section  1.  Six  standing  committees  of  the  Village  Board  are 
hereby  established,  to-wit: 

A  committee  on  finance. 

A  committee  on  police  and  highways. 

A  committee  on  fire  and  lights. 

A  committee  on  public  improvements. 

A  committee  on  public  health. 

A  committee  on  ordinances. 

6.  Sec  2.  The  said  committee  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  yearly. 


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7.  Sec.  3.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  ex- 
officio  chairman  of  each  and  every  standing  committee. 

8.  Sec.  4.  Each  standing  committee  shall  consist  of  three  mem¬ 
bers  besides  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

9.  Sec.  5.  The  first  named  Trustee  of  each  committee  shall  be 
the  acting  chairman,  and  in  case  of  his  absence  or  disability  the  one 
next  named  shall  act  as  chairman. 

10.  Sec.  6.  Special  committees  may  be  appointed  by  the  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  neces¬ 
sary,  either  upon  his  own  motion,  or  upon  order  of  the  Village  Board, 
and  such  committees  may  consist  of  as  many  members  as  may  at  the 
time  be  determined. 

11.  Sec.  7.  So  far  as  practicable,  reports  of  committees  shall  be 
in  writing. 

12.  Sec.  8.  In  the  interval  between  regular  meetings  of  the  Vil¬ 
lage  Board,  committees  have  power  to  act  upon  matters  referred  to 
them,  but  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  act  only  by  and  with  the  ad¬ 
vice  and  consent  of  the  majority  of  the  committee. 

13.  Sec.  9.  As  provided  by  law,  any  report  of  a  committee  of  the 
Village  Board  shall  be  deferred,  for  final  action  thereon,  to  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  same  after  the  report  is  made,  upon  the  re¬ 
quest  of  any  two  Trustees  present. 

14.  Sec.  10.  Each  standing  committee  of  the  Village  Board  shall 
exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  affairs  of  the  department  of 
municipal  government  with  which  it  is  connected,  shall  ascertain  the 
condition  and  needs  of  said  department,  shall,  from  time  to  time,  re¬ 
port  the  same  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  Village 
Board  so  that  a  full  understanding  thereof  may  be  had,  and,  general¬ 
ly,  shall  do  all  acts  necessary  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  depart¬ 
ment. 

ARTICLE  IV. 


RULES. 

15.  Section  1.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  take 
the  chair  at  the  hour  appointed  for  the  Village  Board  to  meet,  and 
shall  immediately  call  the  members  to  order;  he  shall  then  order  the 
roll  to  be  called  by  the  Village  Clerk  in  alphabetical  order:  and  on  a 
vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  present  he  shall  issue  warrants 
and  take  all  necessary  steps  to  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  mem¬ 
bers. 

16.  Sec.  2.  As  provided  by  law,  a  majority  of  the  Trustees  elect¬ 
ed  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 


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1  7.  Sec.  3.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  preserve 
order  and  decorum,  and  shall  decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject  to 
the  appeal  of  the  members  to  the  Village  Board. 

18.  Sec.  4.  While  the  question  is  being  put,  or  while  the  roll  is 
being  called,  no  member  shall  walk  across  or  out  of  the  council  cham¬ 
ber. 


19.  Sec.  5.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  once  upon  the 
same  question,  without  leave  of  the  Board,  until  every  member  choos¬ 
ing  to  speak  shall  have  spoken. 

20.  Sec.  6.  Any  member  indulging  in  personalities  shall  be  im¬ 
mediately  called  to  order  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  any  member  called  to  order  shall  immediately  take  his  seat,  un¬ 
less  permitted  by  the  Board  to  explain.  If  he  appeals,  the  Board 
shall  decide  the  point  without  debate;  if  no  appeal  is  taken,  the  de¬ 
cision  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  conclusive. 

21.  Sec.  7.  When  any  question  is  stated,  every  member  present 
shall  vote  (unless  excused  by  the  Board),  and  every  member  not  voting 
(unless  so  excused)  shall  be  deemed  to  be  voting  against  the  proposi¬ 
tion  pending,  and  the  Village  Clerk  shall  so  record  his  vote. 

22.  Sec.  8.  No  motion  shall  be  entertained  unless  seconded; 
when  seconded  it  shall  be  stated  by  the  President  of  the  Village 
Board;  and  if  any  member  requires  it,  the  motion  shall  be  reduced  to 
writing. 

23.  Sec.  9.  When  a  motion  is  under  debate,  no  motion  shall  be 
entertained  unless  for  the  previous  question,  to  postpone  indefinitely, 
to  refer,  to  adjourn  to  a  certain  day,  to  lay  on  the  table,  to  amend, 
or  to  adjourn  the  Village  Board. 

24.  Sec.  10.  A  motion  for  the  previous  question,  or  to  lay  on  the 
table  or  to  refer,  shall,  until  decided  preclude  ail  amendment  or  de¬ 
bate  of  the  question;  and  a  motion  to  postpone  a  question  indefinite¬ 
ly,  or  to  adjourn  to  a  certain  day,  shall  until  decided,  preclude  all 
amendment  to  the  main  question. 

25.  Sec.  11.  The  previous  question  shall  beput  as  follow's:  “Shall 
the  main  question  be  now  put?” 

26.  Sec.  12.  Upon  appeal  from  the  decision  of  the  chair  the 
question  shall  be  put  as  follows:  “Shall  the  chair  be  sustained?” 

27.  Sec.  13  A  motion  to  adjourn  shall  be  decided  without  de¬ 
bate.  No  motion  whatever  shall  be  in  order  during  the  calling  of  the 
roll  or  of  the  yeas  and  nays. 

28.  Sec.  14.  The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  upon  the  passage 
of  all  ordinances  and  on  all  propositions  to  create  any  liability 


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against  the  Village,  or  for  the  expenditure  or  appropriation  of  its 
money,  and  in  all  other  cases  at  the  request  of  any  member,  which 
shall  be  entered  upon  the  journal  of  its  proceedings;  and  the  concur¬ 
rence  of  a  majority  of  all  of  the  members  elected  in  the  Village  Board 
shall  be  necessary  to  the  passage  of  any  such  ordinances  or  proposi¬ 
tion;  provided,  it  shall  require  two-thirds  of  all  the  Trustees  elect  to 
sell  any  Village  property. 

2$).  Sec.  15.  As  provided  by  law,  no  vote  of  the  Village  Board 
shall  be  reconsidered  or  rescinded  at  a  special  meeting,  unless  at 
such  special  meeting  there  be  present  as  large  a  number  of  Trustees 
as  were  present  when  such  vote  was  taken. 

30.  Sec.  16.  The  Village  Marshal,  or  some  police  officer  detailed 
for  the  purpose,  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  Village  Board,  ex¬ 
ecuted  all  their  orders,  serve  warrants  to  compel  attendance  of  absent 
members,  keep  the  Board  chamber  in  order,  and,  when  required  by 
the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  any  three  Trustees,  serve 
notice  of  any  special  meeting. 

31.  Sec.  17.  All  questions  of  parlimentary  law  arising  before  the 
Village  Board  shall  be  decided  according  to  Roberts’  Rules  of  Order, 
except  where  a  different  rule  is  prescribed  by  statute,  by  Ordinance, 
or  the  foregoing  rules  of  order. 

32.  Sec.  18.  These  rules  of  order  shall  not  be  amended  except 
by  Ordinance,  and  they  shall  at  no  time  be  suspended  except  by  vote 
of  two-third  of  all  the  Trustees  elected. 

ARTICLE  V. 

FEES  AND  SALARIES. 

33.  Section  1.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the 
President  of  the  Board  shall  each  receive  the  sum  of  one  and  one- 
half  dollars  for  each  regular  and  special  meeting  of  the  Board  which 
they  shall  respectively  attend. 


GHAPTER  III. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

ARTICLE  I. 


HIS  BOND. 

34.  Section  1.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Village  of  Meredosia  shall  be  elected  for  two  years,  as  provided  by 


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law,  and  before  entering  upon  the  performance  or  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  affirmation  required  by 
law,  which  oath  or  affirmation  so  subscribed,  shall  be  filed  in  the  of¬ 
fice  of  the  Village  Clerk,  and  he  shall  also  execute  a  bond,  with  secu¬ 
rity  to  be  approved  by  the  Village  Board,  payable  to  the  Village  of 
Meredosia,  in  the  penal  sum  of  Two  Hundred  Dollars,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him,  according  to  law  and  the  ordi¬ 
nances  of  said  Village;  which  bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  Village 
Clerk. 


ARTICLE  II. 

35.  Section  1.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
keep  his  office  at  the  Village  hall,  or  at  such  place  in  said  Village  as 
may  be  provided  by  the  Village  Board,  and  he  shall  attend  there  for 
the  transaction  of  the  business  pertaining  to  said  office. 

30.  Sec.  2.  lie  shall  sign  all  commissions,  licenses  and  permits' 
granted  by  authority  of  the  Village  or  Village  Board,  except  as  other¬ 
wise  in  this  ordinance  provided,  and  all  such  other  documents  as,  by 
law  or  ordinance,  may  require  his  official  signature. 

37.  Sec.  3.  He  shall  grant  licenses  for  the  purposes  authorized 
by  this  ordinance,  to  such  persons,  duly  qualified,  according  to  ordi¬ 
nances,  as  he  may  deem  proper,  unless  the  Village  Board  shall  other¬ 
wise  designate  and  provide. 

38.  Sec.  4.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall,  annual¬ 
ly,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  election  of  the  Village  officers,  ap¬ 
point  the  standing  committees  of  the  Village  Board,  to  serve  during 
the  ensuing  year. 

39.  Sec.  5.  He  shall  supervise  the  conduct  of  all  officers  of  the 
corporation,  inquire  into  all  reasonable  complaints  made  against 
them,  or  any  of  them,  cause  all  their  neglects  or  violation  of  official 
duty  to  be  promptly  corrected  or  punished,  or  reported  to  the  proper 
tribunal  for  punishment. 

40.  Sec.  6.  He  shall  appoint,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Village  Board,  all  officers  of  said  Village  whose  appointment  is 
not  otherwise  provided  for  by  law;  and  whenever  a  vacancy  shall  oc¬ 
cur  in  any  office  which  by  law  or  otherwise  he  is  empowered  to  fill,  he 
shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  happenings  of  such  vacancy,  com¬ 
municate  to  the  Village  Board  the  name  of  his  appointee  to  such 
office,  and,  pending  the  concurrence  of  the  Village  Board  in  such 
appointment,  he  may  designate  some  suitable  person  to  discharge 
the  functions  and  perform  the  duties  of  such  office. 

41 .  Sec.  7.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  duties,  and  to  all  the 
duties  imposed  upon  him  by  law,  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 


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bees  shall  perform  all  such  other  duties  pertaining  to  his  office  as  are 
or  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  Village  of  Mere, 
dosia. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

THE  VILLAGE  CLERK. 

ARTICLE  I. 

HTS  BOND. 

42.  Section  1.  The  Village  Clerk  shall  be  elected  biennially,  as 
provided  by  law,  and  before  entering  upon  the  performance  of  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  affirmation 
required  by  law,  which  oath  or  affirmation,  so  subscribed,  shall  be  filed 
in  his  office,  and  he  shall  also  execute  a  bond  with  security  bo  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Village  Board,  payable  bo  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  Two  Hundred  Dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  monies 
received  by  him,  according  bo  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  Village 
which  bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  Village  Treasurer. 

ARTICLE  II. 

HIS  DUTIES. 

43.  Section  1.  The  Village  Clerk  shall  occupy  his  office  at  the 
Village  Hall,  or  such  other  place  as  the  Village  Board  may  direct. 

44.  Sec.  2.  He  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  Village  Board 
and  keep,  in  a  suitable  book,  to  be  styled  the:  “Journal  of  the  Village 
Board,”  a  full  and  faithful  record  of  all  its  proceedings. 

45.  Sec.  3.  He  shall  issue  and  cause  to  be  delivered  or  served, 
notices  to  various  Village  Officers  and  bo  members  of  the  various 
committees  of  the  Village  Board,  whenever  necessary,  and  bo  all 
other  persons  whose  attendance  maybe  required  before  any  such  com¬ 
mittee,  when  so  directed  by  the  chairman  thereof. 

46.  Sec.  4.  He  shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  corporate  seal  of  the 
Village  and  shall  prepare  all  commissions,  licenses,  permits  and  other 
official  documents  required  to  be  issued  by  him,  under  the  laws  of  the 
state  or  the  ordinances  of  the  Village,  and  shall  attest  the  same  with 
the  said  corporate  seal;  and  he  shall,  in  like  manner,  attest  all  deeds 
for  the  ssle  of  real  estate  owned  and  conveyed  by  the  Village. 


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47 .  Sec.  5.  The  Village  Clerk  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  each  and 
every  month,  report  in  writing  the  name  of  each  Trustee,  and  the 
number  of  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the  Village  Board  attend¬ 
ed  by  each  Trustee  during  the  preceding  month. 

48.  Sec.  6.  He  may  when  necessary,  and  upon  being  authorized 
by  the  Village  Board,  appoint  a  deputy,  who,  during  the  temporary 
absence  or  disability  of  the  Village  Clerk  shall  have  all  the  powers 
and  perform  all  the  duties  of  the  Village  Clerk.  Heshall  be  held  res¬ 
ponsible  for  the  fidelity  of  every  person  so  appointed  by  him. 

49.  Sec.  7.  He  shall  carefully  preserve  in  his  office  all  books, 
records,  papers,  maps  and  effects  of  every  description  belonging  to  the 
Village,  and  appertaining  to  his  office;  and  upon  the  expiration  in 
any  way  of  his  official  term,  he  shall  deliver  all  such  books,  records, 
papers,  maps  and  effects  to  his  successor  in  office,  and  take  his  receipt 
therefor. 


50.  Sec.  8.  He  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  all  the 
officers  of  the  corporation  charged  in  any  manner  with  the  receipt, 
collection  or  disbursement  or  corporate  revenues,  and  the  collection 
and  return  of  all  such  revenues  into  the  Village  treasury. 

51.  Sec.  9.  He  shall  have  the  charge,  custody  and  control  of  all 
deeds,  bonds,  leases,  contracts,  warrants,  vouchers,  books  and  papers 
of  any  kind,  the  custody  and  control  of  which  is  not  by  law  or  ordi¬ 
nance  given  to  any  other  officers. 

52.  Sec.  10.  He  shall,  on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  June  in  each 
year,  and  before  the  annual  appropriations  to  be  made  by  the  Village 
Board,  submit  to  the  Village  Board  a  report  of  his  estimates  as  near¬ 
ly  as  may  be,  of  moneys  necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  cor¬ 
poration  during  the  current  fiscal  year.  He  shall,  in  said  report, 
classify  the  different  objects  and  branches  of  expenditures,  giving,  as 
nearly  as  may  be,  the  amount  required  for  each;  and,  foj;the  purpose 
of  making  such  a  report  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  require  of  all 
officers  their  statement  of  the  condition  and  expenses  of  their  respec¬ 
tive  offices  or  departments,  with  any  proposed  improvements,  and  the 
probable  expense  thereof,  all  contracts  made  and  unfinished  and  the 
amount  of  any  and  all  unexpended  appropriations  of  the  preceding 
year.  He  shall,  in  such  report,  show  the  aggregate  income  of  the 
preceding  fiscal  year,  from  all  sources,  the  amount  of  liabilities  out¬ 
standing  upon  which  interest  is  to  be  paid,  the  bonds  and  debts  pay¬ 
able  during  the  year,  when  due  and  when  payable;  and  in  such  re¬ 
port  he  shall  give  such  other  information  to  the  Village  Board  as  he 
may  deem  necessary,  to  the  end  that  the  Village  Board  may  fully 
understand  the  money  exigencies  and  demands  upon  the  corporation 
for  the  current  year. 


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53.  Sec.  11.  He  shall  keep  in  his  office,  in  a  book  or  books  kept 
expressly  for  that  purpose,  a  correct  list  of  all  the  outstanding1  bonds 
of  the  Village,  showing  the  number  and  amount  of  each,  for  and  to 
whom  the  said  bonds  are  issued;  and  when  any  Village  bonds  are  is¬ 
sued  or  purchased  or  paid  or  cancelled,  said  book  or  books  shall  show 
the  fact;  and  in  his  annual  report  the  Village  Clerk  shall  describe, 
particularly,  the  bonds  sold  during  the  year,  and  terms  of  sale,  with 
each  and  every  item  of  expense  thereof. 

54.  Sec.  12.  He  shall  keep,  in  a  suitable  book,  an  accurate  list 
of  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  Village  Treasurer  showing  the  date, 
number  and  amount  of  each,  and  the  name  of  the  person  in  whose 
favor  drawn;  and  he  shall  take  the  receipt  of  every  person  for  the 
warrant  upon  delivery  thereof. 

55.  Sec.  13.  He  shall  countersign  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the 
Village  Treasurer.  Said  warrants  shall  be  signed  by  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall  specify  upon  their  face  the  particu¬ 
lar  fund  or  appropriation  to  which  they  are  chargeable,  and  the  per¬ 
son  to  whom  payable;  and  no  money  shall  be  paid  otherwise  than  up¬ 
on  such  warrant  so  drawn. 

56.  Sec.  14  He  shall,  without  delay,  notify  the  Village  Board 
whenever  any  appropriation  or  fund  is  exhausted,  and  he  shall  not, 
thereafter,  draw  any  warrant  against  such  fund  or  appropriation, 
until  the  same  shall  be  renewed. 

57.  Sec.  15.  He  shall  require  all  officers  charged  in  any  manner 
with  the  receipt,  collection  or  disbursement  of  the  Village  revenues, 
to  submit  quarterly  reports  in  writing",  showing  in  detail,  all  such 
receipts,  collections  and  disbursements,  and  to  file  the  same  in  his 
office. 


58.  Sec.  16.  He  shall,  at  the  regular  meeting  in  each  month, 
make  out  and  submit  to  the  Village  Board  a  statement  or  report  in 
writing  of  all  the  moneys  received  and  warrants  drawn  by  him  dur¬ 
ing  the  preceding  month,  showing  therein  from  what  sources  and  on 
what  account  said  moneys  were  received,  and  for  what  purposes  and 
on  what  account  said  warrants  were  drawn  or  paid. 

59.  Sec.  17.  He  shall  record,  in  a  book  or  books  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose,  all  ordinances  passed  by  the  Village  Board  (except  this 
ordinance),  and  at  the  foot  of  the  record  of  each  ordinance  so  record¬ 
ed  he  shall  make  a  memorandum  of  the  date  of  the  passage  and  of 
the  publication  if  any,  of  such  ordinance. 

60.  Sec.  18.  He  shall  countersign  and  issue  all  licenses,  when 
granted,  and  shall  collect  the  fees  therefor  at  the  time  of  issue,  and 
shall  enter  in  a  suitable  book,  to  be  provided  by  the  Village  for  the 
purpose,  the  name  of  each  person  licensed,  the  date  and  number  of 


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the  license,  the  purpose  for  which  issued,  and  the  period  of  the 
license,  the  amount  paid  for  the  same,  and  the  time  of  the  expira¬ 
tion  thereof;  and,  when  paying  over  such  license  fees  to  the  Village 
Treasurer,  the  Village  Clerk  shall  accompany  the  same  with  an  item¬ 
ized  report  and  statement  of  such  license  fees. 

61.  Sec.  19.  He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  committee  on 
finance,  open  and  keep  a  complete  set  of  books,  in  which,  among 
other  things,  shall  be  set  forth  the  appropriations  of  the  fiscal  year 
for  each  distinct  object  and  branch  of  expenditure,  and  also  the  re¬ 
ceipts  from  each  and  every  source  of  revenue,  so  far  as  he  can  ascer¬ 
tain  the  same. 

62.  Sec.  20.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  duties  the  Village 
Clerk  shall  peform  all  such  other  and  further  duties  pertaining  to  his 
office,  as  are  elsewhere  in  this  ordinance,  or  by  law,  imposed  upon 
him. 

03.  Sec.  21.  The  Village  Clerk  shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  thirty- 
five  dollars  per  annum  for  his  services. 


GHAPTER  V. 

THE  FINANCE  DEPARTMENT. 


ARTICLE  I. 


THE  DEPARTMENT  ESTABLISHED. 


04-.  Section  1.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
municipal  government  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  Finance  Department.  It  shall  embrace  the  committee 
on  finance  of  the  Village  Board,  the  Village  Treasurer,  and  all  such 
employes  as  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  employed  by  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  on  behalf  of  the  Village,  to  aid  in  the  work  of 
the  department 

05.  Sec.  2.  The  said  department  shall  have  an  office  in  the  Vil¬ 
lage  hall,  or  at  such  other  place  as  the  Village  Board  may  provide, 
and  at  said  office  or  headquarters  shall  be  kept  all  the  books,  articles 
and  belongings  of  the  said  department,  not  by  this  ordinance  express¬ 
ly  required  to  be  kept  elsewhere. 


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ARTICLE  II. 

THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE 

66.  Section  1.  The  Village  Board  standing  committee  on  finance 
shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  affairs  of  the  finance 
department.  It  shall  ascertain  the  condition  and  needs  thereof, 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  report  the  same  to  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  Village  Board,  so  that  a  full  understanding 
thereof  shall  be  had,  and  generally,  shall  do  all  the  acts  necessary  to 
promote  the  efficiency  of  the  department. 

ARTICLE  III 

THE  VILLAGE  TREASURER. 

67.  Section  1.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office, 
the  Village  Treasurer  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  affirmation 
required  by  law,  which  oath  or  affirmation,  so  subscribed,  shall  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Village  Clerk,  and  shall  execute  a  bond, 
with  security  to  be  approved  by  the  Village  Board,  payable  to  the 
Village  of  Meredosia  in  the  penal  sum  of  not  less  than  the  amount 
of  the  estimated  Village  tax  and  special  assessments  and  special  tax¬ 
es  for  the  current  year,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by 
him,  according  to  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  Village — which 
bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  Village  Clerk. 

68.  Sec.  2.  He  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  cor¬ 
poration,  and  shall  keep  a  separate  fund  account  of  each  fund  or  ap¬ 
propriation,  and  the  debits  and  credits  belonging  thereto. 

69.  Sec.  3.  He  shall  give  to  every  person  paying  money  into  the 
Village  treasury  a  receipt  therefor,  specifying  the  date  of  payment 
and  upon  what  account  paid;  and  he  shall  file  copies  of  such  receipts 
with  the  Village  Clerk,  at  the  time  of  his  monthly  reports. 

70.  Sec.  4.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  register  of  all  warrants  re¬ 
deemed  and  paid  by  him,  showing  the  number,  date  and  amount  of 
each,  the  fund  from  which  paid,  and  the  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  paid  and  the  date  when  paid,  and  he  shall  cancel  all  warrants 
as  soon  as  redeemed  by  him. 

71.  Sec.  5.  He  shall  hold  all  moneys  received  on  account  of  any 
special  assessment  or  special  tax,  as  a  special  fund,  to  be  applied  to 
the  payment  of  the  improvements  for  which  such  special  assessment 
or  special  tax  was  made,  and  said  money  shall  be  used  for  no  other 
purpose  whatever,  except  to  reimburse  the  Village  for  money  ex¬ 
pended  for  such  improvement. 


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72.  Sec.  6.  He  shall  keep  all  moneys  in  his  hands,  belonging  to 
the  corporation,  separate  and  distinct  from  money  belonging  to  him¬ 
self,  or  any  other  person,  and  he  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited  from 
using,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  the  corporation  moneys  or  war¬ 
rants  in  his  custody  or  keeping,  for  his  own  use  and  benefit,  or  for 
that  of  any  other  person  or  persons  whomsoever;  and  any  violation  of 
this  section  shall  subject  him  to  removal  from  office 

73.  Sec.  7.  He  shall  report  to  the  Village  Clerk  any  officer, 
authorized  to  receive  money  on  behalf  of  the  Village  who  shall  fail 
to  make  return  of  all  the  moneys  received  by  him,  at  the  time  re¬ 
quired  by  law  or  the  ordinances  of  said  Village. 

74.  Sec.  8.  He  shall  keep  in  his  office,  books  and  accounts  in 
such  manner  as  to  show,  with  entire  accuracy,  all  moneys  received 
and  disbursed*  by  him  on  behalf  of  the  Village,  stating  to  whom  and 
on  what  account  moneys  have  been  paid  out,  and  from  whom  and  on 
what  account  moneys  have  been  received,  and  containing  itemized 
statements  corresponding  to  those  made  to  him  by  the  Village  Clerk, 
and  in  such  manner  that  said  books  and  accounts  may  be  investigat¬ 
ed  and  understood;  and  the  same,  together  with  all  other  files  and 
papers  kept  by  him  in  his  office,  appertaining  to  the  office  of  the  Vil¬ 
lage  Treasurer,  shall,  at  all  times,  be  open  to  inspection  by  the  Village 
Clerk,  or  committee  on  finance. 

75.  Sec.  9.  He  shall  at  the  end  of  each  and  every  quarter,  and 
oftener,  if  required,  render  an  account,  under  oath,  to  the  Village 
Board,  showing  the  state  of  the  Village  treasury  at  the  date  of  such 
account,  and  the  balance  of  money  in  the  treasury;  he  shall  accom¬ 
pany  such  report  with  a  statement  of  all  moneys  received  into  the 
Village  treasury,  and  on  what  account  received,  together  with  all 
warrants  redeemed  and  paid  by  him  during  the  preceding  month,  and 
at  the  time  of  filing  such  report  he  shall  deliver  to  the  Village  Clerk 
all  such  warrants  and  all  other  vouchers  held  by  him,  relating  to  such 
report;  and  such  warrants  so  returned  he  shall  stamp  or  mark 
“paid.” 

76.  Sec  10.  He  shall,  annually,  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year, 
make  out  and  file  with  the  Village  Clerk  a  full  and  detailed  report  of 
all  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  corporation,  as  shown  by  his 
books,  and  of  his  transactions  as  such  treasurer,  during  the  preceding 
fiscal  year,  and  he  shall,  in  such  report,  show  the  state  of  the  Village 
treasury  at  the  close  of  said  year,  which  report  the  Village  Clerk 
shall  pubiish  as  required  by  law. 

77.  Sec.  11.  The  Village  Treasurer  shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  Five 
Dollars  per  annum  for  his  services. 


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ARTICLE  IV. 

THE  FISCAL.  YEAR. 

78.  Section  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia  shall 
begin  on  the  first  day  of  April,  in  each  calandar  year,  at  twelve  (12) 
o’clock,  noon,  and  shall  expire  at  twelve  (12)  o’clock,  noon,  of  the  next 
ensuing  first  day  of  April. 


ARTICLE  V. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 


71).  Section  1.  The  Village  Board  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable 
after  the  commencement  of  each  fiscal  year,  and  within  the  first 
quarter  thereof,  pass  an  ordinance  to  be  termed  the  annual  appro¬ 
priation  bill,  in  which  they  shall  appropriate  such  sums  of  money  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary  to  defray  all  necessary  expenses  and  liabil¬ 
ities  of  the  Village  government  during  that  fiscal  year,  and  in  such 
ordinance  shall  specify  the  different  objects  and  purposes  for  which 
appropriations  are  made,  and  the  amount  appropriated  for  each  ob¬ 
ject  or  purpose;  and  no  further  appropriations  shall  be  made  at  any 
time  during  such  fiscal  year,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law. 

80.  Sec.  2.  When  any  appropriation  for  any  specific  object  or 
fund  shall  have  been  exhausted,  the  Village  Clerk  shall,  without 
delay,  notify  the  Village  Board  of  the  fact,  and  thereafter  no  war¬ 
rant  shall  be  drawn  against  the  same,  until  the  further  order  of  the 
Village  Board;  and  no  additional  appropropriation  to  any  such  fund 
shall  be  made  by  the  Village  Board  during  the  fiscal  year,  and  no  ex¬ 
penditure  for  any  improvement,  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general 
fund  of  the  corporation,  shall  exceed,  in  any  one  year,  the  amount 
provided  for  such  improvement  in  the  annual  appropriation  bill,  ex¬ 
cept  as  otherwise  expressly  provided  by  law. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

LEVY  OF  TAXES. 


81.  Section  1.  The  Village  Board  shall  annually,  on  or  before 
the  third  Tuesday  in  September  in  each  year,  ascertain  the  total 
amount  of  appropriations  for  all  corporate  purposes  legally  made,  and 
to  be  collected  from  the  tax  levy  of  that  fiscal  year,  and  by  ordinance, 
specifying  in  detail  the  purposes  for  which  such  appropriations  are 
made,  and  the  sum  or  amount  appropriated  for  each  purpose,  respec¬ 
tively,  levy  the  amount  so  ascertained  upon  all  the  property  subject 
to  taxation  within  the  Village,  as  the  same  is  assessed  and  equalized 


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for  State  and  County  purposes  for  the  current  year.  The  Village 
Clerk  shall  file  a  certified  copy  of  such  ordinance  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Clerk. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

ANTICIPATION  OF  TAXES. 

82.  Section  1.  At  any  and  all  times  when  there  shall  be  no 
money  in  the  Village  treasury  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  to  meet 
and  defray  the  ordinary  and  necessary  expenses  of  said  Village,  and 
to  pay  off  and  take  up  the  properly  allowed  bills  and  claims  for  such 
expenses,  the  President  of  the  Village  Board  of  said  Village  is  hereby 
authorized  and  instructed  to  sign  and  draw  and  issue,  and  the  Vil¬ 
lage  Clerk  of  said  Village  is  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to 
countersign  Village  warrants  of  said  Village,  directed  to  the  Village 
Treasurer  of  said  Village,  against  and  in  anticipation  of  the  collec¬ 
tion  of  any  taxes  already  levied  by  ordinance  of  said  Village,  for  the 
payment  of  the  ordinary  and  necessary  expenses  of  said  Village. 

83.  Sec.  2.  The  warrants  drawn  and  issued  under  and  pursuant 
to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shali,  as  provided  by  law,  show 
upon  their  face  that  they  are  payable  solely  from  said  taxes  when  col¬ 
lected,  and  not  otherwise;  said  warrants  shall  show  to  what  particu¬ 
lar  fund  they  are  chargeable.  The  aggregate  amount  of  warrants 
drawn  and  issued  under  and  pursuant  to  this  ordinance  against  any 
particular  fund  shall  not,  in  any  fiscal  year,  exceed  seventy-five  per 
centum  of  the  amount  levied  for  such  fund  for  said  fiscal  year.  The 
taxes  against  which  said  warrants  are  drawn  shall  be  set  apart  and 
held  for  their  payment,  as  provided  by  law;  warrants  drawn  under 
and  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  not  be  charged  or  marked  “paid” 
upon  the  books  of  either  of  the  Village  Treasurer  or  Village  Clerk, 
until  they  shall  be  actually  paid  and  cancelled.  When  they  are  so 
actually  paid  and  cancelled  they  shall  then  be  charged  against  the 
respective  funds  upon  which  they  are  drawn. 

84.  Sec.  3.  The  Village  Clerk  shall  keep  an  accurate  and  exact 
account  in  connection  with  his  other  accounts,  of  the  amount  of 
money  drawn  against  each  appropriation,  and  tax  levy  therefor,  by 
the  issue  of  anticipation  warrants,  and  shall  report  to  the  Village 
Board,  at  its  first  regular  meeting  in  each  month, the  aggregate  amount 
drawn  against  each  appropriation  and  the  tax  levy  therefor,  by  anti¬ 
cipation  warrants,  during  the  preceding  month.  Nothing  herein  con¬ 
tained  shall  be  construed  to  authorize  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  and  Village  Clerk  to  draw  anticipation  warrants  and  ordi¬ 
nary  warrants,  in  any  fiscal  year,  to  an  amount  exceeding,  together, 
the  amount  appropriated  for  any  fund  or  purpose  in  the  annual  ap¬ 
propriation  bill  for  such  fiscal  year;  but  the  aggregate  amount  of 


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warrants  (inclnding  both  anticipation  warrants  and  ordinary  war¬ 
rants),  against  any  particular  fund,  or  appropriation,  in  any  fiscal 
year,  shall  not  exceed  the  amount  appropriated  for  such  fund  in  the 
annual  appropriation  bill  for  such  fiscal  year. 


GHAPTER  VI. 

THE  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

ARTICLE  I. 


THE  DEPARTMENT  ESTABLISHED. 


85.  Section  1.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
municipal  government  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  Health  Department.  It  shall  embrace  the  Village 
Board  standing  committee  on  public  health,  the  health  warden,  and 
all  such  employes  as  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  employed  by  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  behalf  of  the  Village,  to  aid  in 
the  work  of  the  department. 

86.  Sec.  2.  The  said  Department  shall  have  an  office  in  the 
Village  hall,  or  at  such  other  place  as  the  Village  Board  may  pro¬ 
vide,  and  at  said  office  or  headquarters  shall  be  kept  all  the  books, 
articles  and  belongings  of  the  said  department,  not  by  this  ordinance 
expressly  required  to  be  kept  elsewhere. 


ARTICLE  II. 


THE  CONMITTEE  ON  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 


87.  Section  1.  The  Village  Board  standing  committee  on  public 
health  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  affairs  of  the 
health  department.  It  shall  ascertain  the  condition  and  needs  there¬ 
of,  from  time  to  time,  report  the  same  to  the  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  and  Village  Board,  so  that  a  full  understanding  thereof 
shall  be  had,  and,  generally,  shall  do  all  acts  necessary  to  promote  the 
efficiency  of  the  department. 


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ARTICLE  III. 


THE  HEALTH  WARDEN. 


88.  Section  1.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  health  war¬ 
den  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia.  He  shall  be  at  the  head  of  the 
health  department,  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  Village  Board  and  committee  on  public  health. 
He  shall  be  a  registered  physician  in  good  standing. 

89.  Sec.  2.  The  said  health  warden  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  con¬ 
sent  of  the  Villa'ge  Board,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  or  as  soon  there¬ 
after  as  may  be,  and  annually  after  said  first  day  of  May. 

90.  Sec.  3.  He  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  one  year,  or  until 
his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified.  He  shall  receive  such 
salary  as  may  be  provided  by  the  ordinances  of  the  Village. 

91.  Sec.  4.  Before  entering  upon  the  performance  of  the  duties 
of  his  office,  he  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  or  affirmation  re¬ 
quired  by  law,  which  oath  or  affirmation,  so  subscribed,  shall  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Village  Clerk,  and  he  shall  also  execute  a  bond, 
with  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  Village  Board,  payable  to  the 
Village  of  Meredosia,  in  the  penal  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars,  con¬ 
ditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and 
the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him,  according  to  the  law 
and  i/he  ordinances  of  said  Village— which  bond  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Village  Clerk. 

92.  Sec.  5.  He  shall,  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  Village  Board  and  committee  on  public  health, 
have  the  full  management  and  control  of  all  matters  and  things  per¬ 
taining  to  the  health  department,  and  all  regulations  and  orders 
thereof  (not  herein  contained)  for  the  government  of  the  employes 
thereof,  shall  be  issued  through  him.  All  subordinates  and  employes 
in  said  department  shall  be  subject  to  such  regulations,  not  incon¬ 
sistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  as  he  shall,  from  time 
to  time,  with  the  approval  of  the  committee  on  public  health,  pre¬ 
scribe 


93.  Sec  6.  He  shall  devote  as  much  time  as  necessary  to  the 
performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  is  hereby  charged  with 
the  duty  of  protecting  and  promoting  the  public  health  and  direct¬ 
ing  the  enforcement  of  all  ordinances  relating  thereto. 


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94.  Sec.  7.  Said  health  warden  shall  examine  into  the  condition 
of  the  Village  and  make  thorough  inquiry  with  respect  to  all  cases 
which  may  be  obnoxious  or  prejudicial  to  the  health  of  the  inhabit¬ 
ants,  and  all  such  causes  are  hereby  declared  nuisances,  and  the 
health  warden  shall  order  the  removal  or  abatement  or  the  same  by 
giving  reasonable  notice,  and  any  person  or  corporation  causing  such 
nuisance,  or  upon  whose  premises,  whether  as  owner  or  occupant, 
such  nuisance  shall  exist,  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  remove  or 
abate  the  same  within  a  reasonable  time  after  being  notified  to  do  so 
by  the  health  warden,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Village  of  Mere- 
dosia  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
such  refusal  or  neglect. 

95.  Sec.  8.  Said  health  warden  is  hereby  given  the  power  and 
authority  to  visit  and  inspect  any  premises,  building,  cellar,  lot  or 
ground,  pool,  vault,  sink  or  privy,  manufactory,  packing  house  for 
beef  or  pork,  shops,  slaughter-houses,  out-houses,  or  any  other  des¬ 
cription  of  property  whatever,  and  if  anything  obnoxious  or  prejudi¬ 
cial  to  the  health  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  Village,  or  any  portion 
thereof,  shall  exist  therein,  he  shall  direct  the  cleansing,  altering  or 
amending  the  same,  and  the  removal  and  abatement  of  all  such 
nuisances;  and  if  any  person,  being  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any 
premises  wherein  such  nuisance  may  exist,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
abate  the  same,  or  to  cleanse,  alter  or  amend  said  premises,  after  be¬ 
ing  directed  so  to  do  as  aforesaid,  such  person  or  persons  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  to  the  said  Village  of  Meredosia  not  less  than  live  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  refusal  or  neglect. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

INSPECTION  OF  MARKETS. 

96.  Section  1.  The  health  warden  is  hereby  given  power  and 
authority  to  visit  daily  or  weekly,  in  his  discretion,  all  public  and 
private  markets,  and  places  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  Vil¬ 
lage  of  Meredosia,  whereat  any  kind  of  meats,  fish,  fowls,  fruits  or 
vegetables  are,  or  shall  be,  offered  for  sale  or  barter,  and  he  shall  ex¬ 
amine  and  inspect  thereat  and  then,  the  meats,  fish,  fowls,  fruits -and 
vegetables  there  offered  for  sale  or  barter,  and  every  such  article  as 
he  shall  there  find  to  be  stale  or  uusouud,  or  in  a  decaying  condition, 
or  unfit  to  be  eaten  with  safety  to  health,  he  shall  condemn,  and  the 
same  shall  be  at  once  removed  from  such  market  or  place  and  nob 
again  offered  for  sale.  And  if  the  owner  or  keeper  of  such  market 
or  place  shall  fail  to  at  once  remove  and  withdraw  from  sale  such  con¬ 
demned  article  or  articles,  upon  personal  verbal  notice  of  such  con¬ 
demnation,  said  health  warden  shall  have  the  power  to  take  such 
article  or  articles  and  remove  them  therefrom.  Any  person  failing 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  and  still  offering  for 


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sale  any  such  condemned  meats,  fish,  fowls,  vegetables  or  fruits, 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than 
three  nor  than  more  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


ARTICLE  V. 


TREATMENT  OF  CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 

97.  Section  1.  Any  and  every  physician,  practicing'  in  said 
Village,  who  shall  be  called  to  any  sick  person  laboring  under  cholera, 
yellow  fever,  small  pox,  scarlet  fever,  typhoid  fever  or  diptheria,  shall 
forthwith  report  the  same  to  the  health  warden,  in  writing,  giving 
the  name,  age,  sex,  color,  nationality,  and  describing  the  street, 
number,  house,  or  place  where  such  sick  person  may  be  located,  so 
that  it  may  be  easily  found;  together  with  such  other  facts  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary  to  a  complete  statistical  record;  and  for  neglect¬ 
ing  so  to  do  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  such  offense. 

98.  Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  put  out,  or  remove,  or  allow  to  be 
put  out  or  removed,  from  the  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him  or 
her,  into  any  street,  alley  or  other  public  place  in  said  Village,  any 
person  having  cholera,  yellow  fever,  small  pox,  scarlet  fever  or  dipth¬ 
eria,  or  allow  such  sick  person  to  go  out  into  any  street,  alley  or 
other  public  place  in  said  Village  until  such  time  after  recovery  as 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  health  warden  or  attending  physician,  ex¬ 
cept  as  prescribed  in  section  six  of  this  article.  But  such  owner  or 
occupant  shall,  incase  no  physician  be  called,  immediately  report 
such  case  to  the  health  warden,  and  any  person  who  shall  violate  any 
clause  of,  or  neglect  to  perform  any  duty  required  in  this  section, 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  two  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

99.  Sec.  3.  The  health  warden  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  he 
shall  record  a  complete  account  of  all  cases  of  cholera,  yellow  fever, 
small  pox,  scarlet  fever  and  diptheria,  including  the  name,  age,  sex, 
nationality  and  such  other  facts  attainable  as  he  shall  deem  neces¬ 
sary  to  a  complete  statistical  record  of  such  cases  occuring  in  said 
Village. 

100.  Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  warden  to  visit 
and  examine— or  cause  the  same  to  be  done  by  a  competent  physician, 
who  may  be  attending  physician— all  persons  who  may  be  reported  to 
him,  or  whom  he  may  have  reason  to  suppose  to  be,  laboring  under 
cholera,  yellow  fever,  small  pox,  scarlet  fever  or  diptheria— except 
that  when  such  report  shall  be  made  by  a  legally  practicing  physician 
he  shall  record  it  as  conclusive — and  upon  finding  satisfactory  evi- 


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dence  of  the  existence  of  such  disease  lie  shall  at  once  report  the  same 
to  the  Village  Marshal. 

101.  Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Village  Marshal,  when 
notified  by  the  health  warden  of  the  existence  of  cholera,  yellow 
fever,  small  pox,  scarlet  fever  or  diptheria  to  cause  a  sign  of  warning 
to  the  public  to  be  so  placed  on  said  building  or  premises  that  it  may 
be  seen  and  read  by  persons  approaching  said  house  or  places  and  if 
any  person  shall  tear  down,  mutilate,  destroy  or  remove  any  such 
warning  without  the  permission  of  the  health  warden,  such  person 
shall  be  liable  for  such  offense  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  The  occupant  of  the  house  or 
premises  upon  which  such  notice  or  warning  shall  be  placed  shall  be 
responsible  for  the  removal  of  the  same,  and  if  it  shall  be  removed 
without  the  permission  of  the  health  warden  such  occupant  shall  be 
subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

102.  Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  warden,  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  Village  Marshal  of  Meredosia,  in 
case  of  the  occurance  of  cholera,  yellow  fever,  small-pox,  scarlet  fever, 
typhoid  fever  or  diptheria  in  a  person  or  persons  destitute  of  a  home 
or  occupying  a  hotel  or  other  public  place  of  resort,  or  in  a  private 
family  under  circumstances  which  in  the  judgement  of  said  officers 
shall  work  especial  hardship,  to  secure  a  place  as  secluded  as  practi¬ 
cable  to  which  such  sick  person  or  persons  shall  be  removed.  The 
above  named  officers  shall  supply  the  needed  subsistence,  nursing, 
medicines  and  supplies  the  necessary  length  of  time,  and  they  shall 
have  the  power  to  make  the  necessary  provisions  in  advance  for  the 
care  of  persons  affected  with  either  of  the  above  named  diseases, 
when,  in  their  judgement,  public  safety  or  economy  mav  require  it. 

103.  Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  attending  physician  to 
report  the  recovery  of  any  person  who  has  been  sick  with  small  pox, 
cholera,  yellow  fever,  scarlet  fever  or  diptheria.  Such  report  shall  be 
made  on  blanks  furnished  for  that  purpose,  and  no  sign  of  warning 
shall  be  removed  except  upon  the  order  of  the  health  warden. 

104  Sec.  8.  No  person  or  persons  shall  hold  or  conduct  any 
funeral  service  in  a  church  or  other  place  of  public  assembly  in  case 
of  death  by  small  pox,  cholera,  yellow  fever,  diptheria  or  scarlet  fever, 
within  the  Village  limits  of  said.  Village.-  And  in  case  of  death  from 
any  of  the  above  named  diseases  the  coffin  shall  be  closed  before  the 
funeral  by  the  person  or  persons  having  charge  of  such  funeral,  and 
shall  not  again  be  opened.  And  no  person  or  persons  under  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  shall  act  as  pall  bearer  or  in  any  other  capacity  at 
such  funeral. 

105.  Sec.  ft.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  or  failing  to  com- 


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ply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  seventh  or  eighth  sections  of 
this  article  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  three  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense.  • 

106.  Sec.  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Village  Marshal  to  see 
to  it  that  no  sign  of  warning  of  cholera,  yellow  fever,  small  pox,  scar¬ 
let  fever,  or  diptheria  is  torn  down,  defaced  or  otherwise  destroyed  or 
removed  until  such  time  as  its  removal  shall  be  ordered  by  the  health 
warden;  to  replace  such  sign  of  warning  and  to  trace,  find  out  and 
prosecute  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  illegally  deface,  destroy  or 
remove  such  sign  of  warning,  or  shall  violate  or  neglect  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article.  (See  Nuisances). 

ARTICLE  VI. 


THE  BURIAL  OF  THE  DEAD 

107.  Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  undertaker,  sexton, 
or  any  other  person,  to  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  burial,  the  body  of  any  person  without  a  burial  permit  having 
first  been  obtained,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

108.  Sec.  2.  Every  undertaker,  sexton,  or  other  person,  before 
removing  any  corpse  for  interment,  shall  present  to  the  health  war¬ 
den  a  certificate  from  the  attending  physician,  setting  forth  the 
name,  age,  nationality,  occupation  and  cause  of  death. 

106.  Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  warden  to  ex¬ 
amine  all  certificates  of  death  presented  to  him,  and  it  shall  appear 
that  such  certificate  was  duly  issued  and  obtained  according  to  the 
provisions  and  the  tenor  of  this  article,  he  shall  issue  a  burial  permit 
and  give  the  person  obtainingthe  same  full  power  and  authority  to 
remove  or  bury  the  body  of  the  deceased  named  in  said  permit.  The 
health  warden  shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  the  mortality  statistics 
of  the  Village  and  shall,  at  least  once  a  month,  make  a  report  to  the 
Village  Board 

110.  Sec.  4.  In  case  of  death  occuring  without  medical  atten¬ 
dance  on  the  deceased,  the  health  warden  shall,  upon  application  be¬ 
ing  made,  issue  a  burial  permit  for  such  deceased;  provided ,  that 
should  he,  upon  examination  of  the  case,  discover  circumstances  of  a 
criminal  nature,  he  shall  refer  the  matter  to  the  proper  officers  of 
the  law  for  further  investigation. 

111.  Sec.  5.  Any  undertaker,  sexton,  or  other  person  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  article  shall  be  subject  to 
a  fine  of  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars.  Any 
physician  refusing  or  neglecting  to  make  such  certificate  of  death, 
as  provided  in  section  two,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Village  not 


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less  than  live  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense, 
to  be  collected  as  in  other  cases  of  violation  of  a  Village  ordinance. 

112.  Sec.»  6.  In  case  of  any  death  beyond  the  Village  limits,  ap¬ 
plications  for  a  burial  permit  must  be  made  to  the  health  warden, 
provided  such  deceased  person  is  to  be  buried  in  any  cemetery  under 
the  control  of  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  and  in  case  such  application 
is  made  as  aforesaid,  unaccompanied  by  a  physician’s  certificate  of 
death,  the  health  warden  may,  in  his  discretion,  issue  a  burial  per¬ 
mit  after  due  investigation  of  the  case. 

1 13.  Sec.  T.  The  sexton  of  Oakland  cemetery  shall  see  that  no 
grave  is  dug  in  said  respective  cemetery  unless  they  first  have  a  per¬ 
mit  from  the  health  warden. 

114.  Sec.  8.  The  sexton  of  Oakland  cemetery  shall  return  all 
burial  permits  received  by  him,  to  the  health  warden  at  the  first  of 
every  month,  with  a  complete  list  of  all  the  interments  made  since 
last  report,  and  every  burial  shall  be  attested  by  a  permit. 

115.  Sec.  9.  Any  person  violating  Section  Seven  or  Eight  of 
this  article,  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  of  said 
sections  Seven  or  Eight,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

116.  Sec.  10.  Neither  the  attending  physician  nor  the  health 
warden  shall  be  entitled  to  any  remuneration  by  reason  of  issuing  a 
certificate  of  death  or  burial  permit. 

117.  Sec.  11.  The  Village  Clerk  shall  furnish  the  health  war¬ 
den  blank  permits  of  proper  form,  and  shall  also  furnish  a  blank  book 
suitably  arranged  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  article. 


ARTICLE  VII. 


PIG  PENS. 


IIS.  Section  1.  Any  pigpen  or  place  where  swine  are  kept, 
which  is  offensive  or  nauseous  to  any  person  residing  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  same,  or  to  persons  passing  by  the  same,  is  hereby  declared  to 
be  a  nuisance;  and  every  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises,  who 
shall  fail  or  refuse  to  abate  such  nuisance  after  notice  to  do  so  by 
the  health  warden,  or  any  police  officer,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 


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GHAPTER  VII. 

LIQUORS,  BILLIARDS  AND  POOL  ROOMS. 


ARTICLE  I. 


LIQUOR  LICENSES. 


1  19.  Section  1.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  (unless  he  or 
they  shall  have  paid  the  tax  hereinafter  provided)  shall  sell,  barter, 
exchange  give  away  or  in  any  manner  dispose  of  any  spirituous, 
vinous,  fermented,  mixed,  intoxicating,  alcoholic  or  malt  liquors,  or 
any  wine,  beer,  ale,  porter  or  bitters,  in  less  quantity  than  one  gallon 
or  in  any  quantity  to  be  drank  upon  the  premises,  within  the  limits 
of  the  Village  of  Meredosia;  or  who  shall,  unless  taxed  as  aforesaid, 
upon,  or  in  connection  with,  the  sale,  exchange,  barter  or  disposal  of 
any  goods,  chattels  or  merchandise,  or  upon  any  promise,  contract  or 
agreement,  expressed  or  implied,  or  upon  any  consideration  whatever, 
or  without  any  consideration,  deliver  or  furnish,  or  knowingly  suffer 
to  be  taken  or  received,  any  of  the  aforesaid  liquors;  or  who  shall, 
unless  taxed  as  aforesaid,  keep,  have  deposited  or  stored  away  for  the 
purpose  hereinbefore  specified,  within  the  limits  of  the  Village  of 
Meredosia,  any  of  the  said  liquors,  shall  be  deemed,  considered  and 
adjudged  guilty  of  a  nuisance,  and  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
forfeit  and  pay  to  said  Village  of  Meredosia  not  less  than  fifty  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

1  20.  Sec.  2.  A  majority  vote  of  the  Village  Board  shall  be  nec- 
cessary  to  determine  whether  a  license  or  licenses  or  certificate  of 
tax  shall  be  granted,  and  the  annual  amount  to  be  paid  for  said  cer¬ 
tificate  of  tax  or  license  by  each  applicant  or  applicants,  which  shall 
in  each  case,  until  otherwise  ordained,  be  six  hundred  and  fifty  dol¬ 
lars,  the  same  to  be  paid  quarterly  in  advance;  and  upon  the  filing  of 
the  application  and  the  bond  duly  approved  by  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  by  the  applicant  or  applicants,  with  the  Village 
Clerk,  as  provided  herein,  and  the  payment  of  the  quarterly  install¬ 
ment  as  herein  provided,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Village  Clerk  to 
issue  the  certificate  or  tax  or  license  to  the  applicant  or  applicants, 
the  same  to  be  signed  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and 
countersigned,  under  the  corporate  seal  of  the  Village  by  the  Clerk; 
and  the  Village  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  certificates  of  tax  or 
license  granted,  the  price  paid  for  the  same,  and  the  time  and  ex¬ 
piration  thereof,  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose. 

121.  Sec.  3.  No  such  certificate  of  tax  shall  be  granted  to  any 


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minor,  nor  shall  such  certificates  be  granted  to  any  person  except 
upon  a  written  application,  filed  with  the  Village  Clerk,  setting 
forth  distinctly  and  fully  the  name  of  the  applicant  and  the  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  locality  of  the  room  he  proposes  to  use  for  such  business; 
and  in  no  case  shall  any  such  certificates  as  aforesaid  be  issued  until 
the  applicant,  or  applicants,  and  each  of  them,  shall  have  executed 
to  the  Village  of  Meredosia  a  good  and  sufficient  bond,  with  good 
and  sufficient  security,  for  the  faithful  and  careful  observance  of 
all  the  requirements  oi  this  ordinance  in  the  sum  of  Three  Thous¬ 
and  dollars,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Village. 


ARTICLE  II. 


122.  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  taxed  as  aforesaid,  shall 
keep  open  his  or  their  place  of  business,  or  give  away,  sell  or  in  any 
way  dispose  of  any  of  the  liquors  aforesaid  upon  Sunday,  or  upon  any 
day  upon  which  an  election  for  either  Village,  County,  or  State  pur¬ 
poses  if  being  held  in  said  Village,  nor  between  the  time  of  half-past 
ten  o’clock  p.  m.  and  five  o’clock  a.  m.  Any  person  or  persons  who 
shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  section,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  said  Village  of  Meredosia  not  less  than 
twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


ARTICLE  III 


SELLING  TO  MINORS  AND  DRUNKARDS. 


12B.  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  taxed  as  aforesaid,  shall 
give  away,  sell  or  dispose  of  any  liquors  to  any  habitual  drunkard,  or 
to  any  person  under  the  influence  of  liquor,  or  to  any  minor  without 
the  written  consent  of  the  parents  or  guardian  of  such  minor,  or  to 
any  person  against  the  request  of  the  wife,  child,  parent  or 
guardian  of  that  person;  and  any  wife,  child  parent,  or  guardian  of 
such  person  may  make  such  request  as  follows,  to-wit:  By  giving  to 
the  Village  Marshal  two  written  copies  of  such  request,  each  signed 
by  the  person  requesting,  and  such  signature  attested  by  the 
signature  of  one  witness,  and  the  Village  Marshal  shall  serve,  or 
cause  to  be  served,  such  requests  upon  the  liquor  dealer  to  whom  it 
is  directed,  and  then  file  the  duplicate  copy  in  the  Clerk’s  office,  with 
the  service  endorsed  thereupon;  and  for  every  violation  of  this  sec¬ 
tion,  the  said  party  or  parties  offending  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense  or  forfeit  his  or  their 
certificate. 


ORDINANCES. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

SELLING  ADULTERATED  LIQUORS. 

124,  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  who  shall  be  taxed  as 
aforesaid  shall  sell,  give  away,  dispose  of  or  deal  in  any  grossly  ad¬ 
ulterated  liquors,  and  any  person  or  persons  so  dealing  may  be  pro¬ 
ceeded  against  under  this  ordinance,  or  under  the  State  Statutes  in 
such  cases  made  and  provided;  and  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Village  may,  at  his  discretion,  from  time  to  time, 
appoint  a  suitable  and  competent  person  as  inspector,  who  shall  care¬ 
fully  examine  the  liquors  kept  by  persons  aforesaid,  and  shall  pro¬ 
nounce  upon  and  report  their  quality;  and,  moreover,  if  such  report 
of  such  inspection  shall  charge  any  person  or  persons,  who  shall  be 
taxed  as  aforesaid,  with  a  violation  of  this  section  of  this  ordinance, 
and  if  such  charge  so  preferred,  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Village 
Board,  set  forth  a  good  and  sufficient  cause,  then  said  Village  Board 
shall,  by  a  majority  vote,  revoke  the  certificate  of  tax  of  such  per¬ 
son  so  violating,  and  such  revocation  shall  be  based  upon  an  ex  parte 
hearing. 


ARTICLE  V. 

disturbance  of  the  peace  in  saloons. 

125.  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  who  shall  be  taxed  as 
aforesaid  shall,  in  any  room,  saloon  or  place  used  by  him  or  them  for 
the  business  aforesaid,  suffer,  allow  or  permit  any  shouting,  halloo¬ 
ing,  bawling,  screaming,  hooting,  singing,  quarreling,  whooping, 
dancing,  fighting,  or  the  use  of  profane  or  obscene  language,  or  any 
other  loud  or  unusual  noises  or  sounds,  so  as  to  disturb  the  peace  and 
quiet  of  the  neighborhood,  or  of  persons  passing  through  the  streets; 
and  every  person  or  persons  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  and  ad¬ 
judged  guilty  of  a  nuisance,  and  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  for¬ 
feit  and  pay  to  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  not  less  than  three  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense;  and  in  case  good  order 
shall  be  disturbed  as  aforesaid,  in  any  taxed  saloon  aforesaid,  the 
person  or  persons  keeping  the  same  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  vio¬ 
lation  of  this  section  of  this  ordinance  any  their  conviction  under 
this  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  certi¬ 
ficate  of  the  person  or  persons  so  offending. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

0 

GAMING  IN  SALOONS. 

126.  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  who  shall  be  taxed  as 
aforesaid  shall  suffer,  allow  or  permit  to  be  played  any  game  of 


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chance  or  skill,  for  any  purpose  whatever,  at  any  time  in  anv  room  on 
his  or  their  premises,  or  under  his  or  their  control;  nor  shall  he  or 
they  keep  or  allow  to  remain  in  his  or  their  room  as  aforesaid,  any 
billiard  table,  cards,  dice,  or  any  other  tool,  implement  or  machine 
with  which  any  game  of  skill  or  chance  is  played,  nor  shall  he  or 
they  leave  his  or  their  saloon  at  any  hour  of  night  or  day  until  he  or« 
they  shall  have  extinguished  all  lights  burning  therein:  provided,  that 
billiard  tables  may  be  kept  in  any  place  licensed  as  aforesaid,  if,  the 
regular  license  be  paid  as  provided  in  the  ordinance  provision  licens¬ 
ing  the  keening  of  billiard  tables. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

SCREENED  WINDOWS  AND  DOORS. 


127.  Section  1.  Itshall  be  unlawful  to  keep  for  sale  intoxicat¬ 
ing  liquors  in  any  building  with  painted  or  screened  windows  or 
screened  doors,  or  any  screen  or  anything  before  the  door  or  inside 
the  building  or  any  partitions  inside  the  building,  behind  which 
liquors  shall  be  sold  or  drank,  or  any  object  obstructing  the  view  of 
the  bar  from  the  street  wholly  or  in  part,  and  every  person  violating 
this  section  shall  be  lined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  every  offense;  and  it  shall  be  a  condition  of  the 
license  that  these  requirements  be  observed,  and  any  violation  there¬ 
of  shall  work  the  immediate  forfeiture  of  the  license;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Village  authorities  to  at  once  close  up  the  establish¬ 
ment.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  be  used  in  connection  with  any 
eating  house  or  restaurant,  and  any  party  having  obtained  license 
who  shall  afterwards  used  it  in  connection  with  any  eating  house  or 
restaurant  shall  forfeit  the  same  by  that  act,  aud  his  license  shall  be 
null  and  void. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

SALOONS  SUBJECT  TO  VISITATION  BY  VILLAGE  OFFICERS. 

128.  Section  1.  The  saloon  of  any  person  or  persons,  who  shall 
be  taxed  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  subject  at  all  times  to  visitation  by 
the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  any  member  of  the  Village 
Board,  or  Village  Marshal,  and  they  or  either  of  them,  shall  have 
power,  upon  reasonable  grounds  of  suspicion  that  any  provision  of 
this  ordinance  is  being  violated  therein,  to  enter  peaceably,  or,  if 
refused  or  resisted  after  demand  made,  and  competent  process  had, 
forcibly ,  any  such  saloon  aforesaid,  and  may  arrest  without  process, 
any  persons  found  therein  guilty,  or  reasonably  supposed  to  be  guilty, 
of  a  violatoin  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance. 


ORDINANCES. 


ARTICLE  IX. 


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SALE  OF  LIQUORS  BY  DRUGGISTS. 

129.  Section  1.  This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  bo  the  sale  of 
any  of  the  liquors  aforesaid  by  any  established  apothecary  or  drug¬ 
gist  for  sacramental  or  medicinal  purposes;  provided,  the  same  are  sold 
in  good  faith  for  such  purposes— when  for  sacramental  purposes,  un¬ 
der  the  certificate  of  an  officer  of  the  church;  when  for  medicinal  pur¬ 
poses,  under  the  prescription  of  a  practicing  physician;  and  every 
person  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense. 

ARTICLE  X. 

ORDINANCE  AFFIXED  TO  LICENSE. 

130.  Section  1.  To  every  certificate  that  shall  be  issued  as 
aforesaid  shall  be  affixed  a  copy  of  this  chapter  of  this  ordinance, 
printed  in  a  clear  and  legible  style,  and  every  person  licensed  there¬ 
by  shall  have  a  printed  copy  of  the  same  in  his  saloon,  in  such  place 
as  the  Village  Marshal  shall  approve,  and  shall  carefully  keep  the 
same  in  such  condition  and  so  displayed  that  it  may  attract  the  at¬ 
tention  of,  and  be  easily  read  by,  every  person  who  enters  said 
saloon. 


ARTICLE  XI 

COMPLAINTS  OF  VIOLATION. 

131.  Section  1.  Any  resident  of  said  Village  who  believes  he  or 
she  has  proof  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  may  make  complaint  of  such  violation,  and  he  or  she  shall 
give  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  Village  Marshal 
the  name  or  names  of  the  witness  or  witnesses  upon  whose  testimony 
he  or  she  relies  to  substantiate  his  or  her  complaint. 

ARTICLE  XII 

PENALTY. 

132.  Section  1.  In  all  cases,  not  hereinbefore  specified,  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  who  shall  violate,  or  permit  upon  his  premises  or 
about  his  place  of  business,  any  violation  of  any  provision  of  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  deemed,  considered  and  adjudged  guilty  of  a 


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nuisance,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  said 
Village  of  Meredosia,  for  the  first  violation  thereof,  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  and  for  a  second  and  every  subsequent  violation,  the 
sum  of  fifty  dollars. 


ARTICLE  XIII. 

FORFEITURE  OF  LICENSE. 


133.  Section  1.  The  said  Village  Board  shall  have  power  at  any 
time,  when  in  their  discretion  they  may  deem  it  best  or  advisable,  to 
revoke  the  certificate  of  any  person  or  persons  whom  they  have  licen¬ 
sed  as  aforesaid;  provided,  such  revocation  shall  not  be  effected  by 
less  than  a  majority  vote  of  said  Village  Board.  And  provided,  also, 
that  upon  such  revocation  the  person  forfeiting  such  license  shall  be 
refunded  a  just  proportion  of  the  money  paid  by  him  therefor.  If 
any  seller  of  intoxicating  liquors  shall  be  twice  convicted  of  a  viola¬ 
tion  of  this  ordinance  the  Village  Board  may  declare  his  license  for¬ 
feited  in  manner  following:  Said  party  holding  such  license  shall 
have  three  days’  notice,  in  writing  of  the  time  and  place  where  the 
Village  Board  will  consider  the  question  of  the  forfeiture  of  his 
license,  and  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  defense.  The 
production  of  evidence  of  two  convictions  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  sufficient  grounds  for  the  Village  Board  to  declare 
the  license  of  the  party  so  convicted  forfeited. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 


BILLIARD  OR  POOL  ROOM. 


134.  Section  1.  The  tax  or  license  fee  for  keeping  a  billiard  or 
pool  room  shall  be  fifteen  dollars  per  annum  per  each  table  kept  in 
such  room. 

135.  Sec.  2.  Upon  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  Village  Board, 
the  President  and  Clerk  of  the  Board  shall  issue  a  license  to  the  per¬ 
son  or  persons  applying  therefor,  upon  payment  of  the  tax  perscribed 
in  section  one  of  this  article. 

13(5.  Sec.  3.  No  such  billiard  or  pool  room  shall  be  kept  and  op¬ 
erated  in  or  in  connection  with  any  saloon,  or  other  place  Where  in¬ 
toxicating  liquors  are  sold. 

137.  Sec.  4.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  article 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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GHAPTER  VIII. 

MISDEMEANORS. 

ARTICLE  I. 


OFFENSES  AGAINST  PUBLIC  MORALS  AND  DECENCY. 


DRNUKENNESS. 


138.  Section  1.  It  shall  nob  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  be 
found  in  said  Village  in  a  state  of  intoxication  in  any  highway, 
thoroughfare,  or  other  public  place;  and  every  person  violating  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

INDECENT  BEHAVIOR. 

• 

139.  Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  be  guilty  of  any  indecent  or  lewd 
act  or  behavior,  or  shall  exhibit,  sell  or  offer  bo  sell  any  indecent, 
lewd  or  obscene  or  immoral  book,  picture,  photograph  or  illustration 
or  other  thing,  or  shall  exhibit  or  perform  any  lewd,  indecent  or  im¬ 
moral  play  or  representation,  or  shall  appear  in  any  public  place  in  a 
state  of  nudity,  or  in  any  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or  shall  make  any 
indecent  exposure  of  his  or  her  person;  and  every  one  violating  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  ben  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

GAMING  HOUSE. 

140.  Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  a  common  gam¬ 
ing  house  or  room,  or  any  place  where  betting  is  done,  or  procure  or 
permit  any  person  or  persons  to  frequent  any  place  occupied,  owned 
or  controlled  by  him  or  her,  or  to  come  together  at  such  place,  at  any 
time,  and  play  any  game  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing,  for  any 
check  or  representative  of  value;  and  every  person  violating  this  sec¬ 
tion  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

GAMING  INSTRUMENTS  IN  BUILDINGS. 

141.  Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  keep  or  permit  bo  be  used  in  any 
building  or  place  used,  occupied,  controlled  or  owned  by  such  per¬ 
son,  any  keno  table,  faro  bank,  shuffle  boards,  cards,  or  any  other  in- 


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strument,  devise  or  thing  commonly  used  for  the  purpose  of  gaming, 
and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
lined  not  less  than  twenty  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars;  and  any  member  of  the  police  force  of  the  Village  may  seize 
any  such  instrument,  device  or  thing  used  for  the  purpose  of  gaming, 
or  by  which  money  or  other  articles  of  value  may  be  lost  or  won,  and 
all  such  instruments,  devices  or  things  may  be  demolished  or  des¬ 
troyed. 

OBTAINING  MONEY  BY  DEVICE  OR  GAME. 

142.  Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  obtain,  or  attempt  to  obtain,  from 
any  other  person,  any  money  or  other  property  by  any  means,  instru¬ 
ment,  device  or  game,  the  operation  or  result  of  which  is  determined 
by  chance  or  luck;  nor  shall  any  person  attempt  to  obtain  money  or 
property  from  any  other  person  by  the  use  of  any  devices  commonly 
called  “confidence  game.”  And  no  person  shall,  in  said  Village,  sell 
or  give  away  to  any  person  any  number,  ticket,  picture  or  other 
thing,  which  shall  call  for,  win  or  draw  money  or  other  property  by 
chance,  or  which  shall  entitle,  or  purport  to  entitle  the  purchaser  to 
any  chance  to  win  or  secure  a  prize.  And  every  person  violating  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

INMATE  OF  GAMING  HOUSE. 

14:5.  Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  be  an  inmate  of  any  gaming  house 
or  room  within  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  or  shall  be  in  any  way  con¬ 
nected  therewith,  or  shall  frequent  the  same,  or  shall  be  found  there¬ 
in,  or  shall  play  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing  at  any  game  with 
cards,  dice,  checks,  billiards,  or  any  other  article,  instrument,  device 
or  thing  whatsoever,  or  bet  on  any  such  game  when  played  or  to  be 
played  by  others  or  be  guilty  of  selling  pools;  and  every  person  violat¬ 
ing  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

HOUSES  OF  ILL  FAME. 

144.  Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  any  house  of  ill 
fame,  bawdy  house,  house  of  assignation,  or  place  for  the  practice  of 
fornication,  or  knowingly,  as  owner,  proprietor,  landlord,  or  lessor,  be 
interested  in  any  such  house,  either  within  said  Village  or  within 
three  miles  of  the  outer  boundaries  of  said  Village,  and  every  person 
so  offending  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  every  offense;  and  no  person  shall  be  an  inmate 
of,  visitor  to,  contributor  to  the  support  of,  found  in,  or  in  any  way, 
(not  hereinbefore  specified)  connected  with  any  such  house,  and  every 
person  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense.  Such  houses 


ORDINANCES. 


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are  hereby  declared  bo  be  public  nuisances,  and  the  Village  Marshal 
may  remove  such  nuisances  in  the  most  summary  manner,  and  all  ex¬ 
penses  attending  such  removals  shall  be  paid  by  occupants  or  keepers 
of  such  house  or  houses,  and  may  be  collected  by  an  action  of  debt  in 
the  name  of  the  Village.  Whenever  in  any  trial  for  the  violation  of 
any  provision  of  this  section  it  shall  be  material  to  prove  the  purpose 
for  which  any  house  in  this  Village  is  or  may  be  used  or  kept,  it  shall 
be  lawful,  both  for  the  Village  and  the  accused,  to  introduce  evidence 
touching  the  general  character  and  reputation  of  such  house. 

DISORDERLY  HOUSE. 

145.  Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  keep  a  common,  ill-governed  or 
disorderly  house  or  be  an  inmate  thereof;  and  every  person  violating 
this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

POSTING  IMMORAL  PICTURES. 

14<>.  Sec.  9.  No  bill  poster  or  other  person  shall  exhibit  or  post, 
on  any  bill  boafd,  or  shall  circulate  any  obscene,  indecent,  or  immoral 
picture,  book,  drawing,  engraving,  card,  circular,  photograph  or  lith¬ 
ograph,  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 


ARTICLE  II. 


OFFENSES  AGAINST  PUBLIC  PEACE  AND  QUIET. 


ASSAULT  AND  BATTERY,  RIOT,  ROUT  OR  AFFRAY. 


147.  Section  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  commit  any  assault, 
or  assault  and  battery,  upon  any  person  or  persons,  or  shall  be  en¬ 
gaged  in  any  riot,  rout  or  affray;  and  every  person  violating  this  sec¬ 
tion  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

permitting  disturbance  of  the  peace. 

148.  Sec.  2.  No  person  shall,  in  any  house  or  place  used  or  oc¬ 
cupied  by  him  or  her,  suffer  or  permit  hallooing,  shouting,  bawling, 
screaming,  the  use  of  profane  or  abusive  language,  fighting,  dancing, 
singing,  whooping,  quarreling,  or  any  other  unusual  noises  or  sounds 
to  be  made  in  such  a  manner  as  to  disturb  the  peace  and  quiet  of  the 
neighborhood  or  those  passing  through  the  streets;  and  every  person 


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violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  the  first  offense. 

DISTURBING  THE  PEACE. 

140.  Sec  3.  No  person  shall  halloo,  shout,  bawl,  scream,  use 
profane  or  obscene  language,  dance,  sing,  whoop,  quarrel,  -or  make 
any  unusual  noise  or  sound  in  any  house,  or  in  any  part  of  said  Vil¬ 
lage  in  such  manner  as  to  disturb  the  peace  and  quiet  of  the  neigh¬ 
borhood  or  those  passing  through  the  streets,  or  conduct  himself  in 
an  indecent  or  disorderly  manner  in  any  hotel,  railroad  depot,  saloon, 
auction  room,  or  other  public  office  or  place  in  said  Village;  and  every 
person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less 
than  three  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  the  first  offense. 

DISTURBING  ANY  ASSEMBLAGE  OR  MEETING. 

150.  Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  disturb  any  lawful  assemblage  of 
people  by  whistling,  shouting,  screaming,  or  by  any  other  loud  or  un¬ 
necessary  noise  or  by  rude  or  indecent  behavior,  either  within  the 
place  of  assemblage  or  so  near  the  same  as  to  disturb  the  peace  or  or¬ 
der  of  the  meeting;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  up¬ 
on  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 


GIVING  FALSE  ALARM  OF  FIRE. 

151.  Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  make  or  give  a  false  alarm  of  fire; 
and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

USING  ABUSIVE  OR  INSULTING  LANGUAGE. 

152,  Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  use  any  language  personally  abusive- 
and  insulting,  such  as  tends  to  produce  disturbances  and  breach  of 
the  peace;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  con¬ 
viction  be  fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offense. 


•  ARTICLE  III. 


OFFENSES  CONCERNING  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE  PROPERTY. 


153.  Section  1.  No  person  shall  in  anywise  deface  or  injure  the 
fence  around  any  public  square  in  said  Village,  or  turn  any  cow, 
horse  or  other  animal  into  any  public  square,  or  cut,  hack  or  injure 
any  tree  or  trees  standing  in  any  public  square,  or  in  any  street  or 


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sidewalk  in  said  Village;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

BEASTS  OF  BURDEN  ON  SIDEWALK. 

154.  Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  in  said  Village  lead,  ride,  drive  or 
place  any  pig,  hog,  bull,  steer,  cow,  heifer,  calf,  beast  of  burden, 
or  any  vehicle,  on  any  paved  sidewalk  or  footway  or  on  any  grass 
plat  .between  the  curbing  of  the  street  and  the  sidewalk,  or  on  any 
grass  plat  in  proximity  to  any  sidewalk,  except  in  going  into  or  out 
of  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him  or  his  employers,  or  shall  hitch 
to  any  lamp  post,  or  to  any  ornamental  or  shade  tree  growing  in  any 
street  or  sidewalk  in  said  Village;  and  every  person  violating  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  three  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

SPREADING  WATER  OYER  SIDEWALKS,  ETC. 

155.  Sec.  3.  Every  person  owning  or  occupying  any  building  in 
said  Village  shall  cause  the  pipes  or  troughs  conducting  water  from 
the  roof  of  the  building  to  be  so  constructed  or  altered  as  not  to 
spread  the  water  over  the  sidewalk  or  public  crossings:  and  every  per¬ 
son  violating  this  section  shall  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than 
three  or  more  than  ten  dollars  for  every  week  he  or  she  so  neglects 
to  cause  the  said  pipes  to  be  constructed  or  altered  as  not  to  spread 
the  water  over  said  sidewalk  or  crossing. 

TRAP  DOORS,  ETC.,  IN  SIDEWALK  OR  THOROUGHFARE. 

156.  Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  construct,  or  cause  to  be  construct¬ 
ed,  any  trap  door  in  any  sidewalk,  or  leave  open  any  cellar  door, 
grating  or  vault  on  any  highway,  thoroughfare  or  sidewalk,  or  suffer 
any  such  door  or  grating,  belonging  to  premises  occupied  by  him,  to 
obstruct  the  sidewalk  in  any  way,  or  be  in  an  insecure  condition, 
whereby  persons  may  be  in  danger  of  falling  into  a  cellar  or  vault; 
and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 

DRAYS,  CARTS,  WAGONS,  ETC.,  IN  STREETS,  ETC. 

157.  Sec*  5.  All  drays,  carts,  wagons,  or  other  carriages  of  any 
description,  laden  or  unladen,  unemployed,  or  when  making  tem¬ 
porary  stop-pages  in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  avenues  or  alleys  in 
said  Village,  shall  be  placed  by  the  drivers  thereof,  on  either  side  of 
the  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley,  lengthwise,  close  to  the  curbing  of 
the  pavements,  or  in  such  position  that  the  center  of  the  street, 


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lane,  avenue  or  alley  may  be  left  open  and  free  for  all  carriages, 
drays,  carts,  wagons,  or  other  conveyances  going  to  and  fro,  but  no 
such  dray,  cart,  wagon  or  other  carriage  shall  be  placed  in  any  street, 
lane,  avenue  or  alley  of  said  Village,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cross 
the  footway,  or  prevent  a  free  passage  to  any  such  pathway,  street, 
lane,  avenue  or  alley;  nor  shall  any  dray,  cart,  wagon  or  other  car¬ 
riage,  when  umemployed,  be  left  or  permitted  to  stand  in  any  street, 
lane,  avenue  or  alley  of  said  Village  without  leaving  at  least  ten 
feet  of  the  center  of  such  lane,  street,  avenue,  or  alley  for  travel  to 
and  fro;  provided,  that  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  place  any 
wagon,  cart,  dray  or  other  carriage  lengthwise  of  the  curbing  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  unless  he  or  she  shall  be  the  owner  or  occu¬ 
pant  of  the  lot  before  which  the  same  shall  be  placed  and  no  per¬ 
son  shall  so  place  any  vehicle  longer  than  twenty- four  hours  under 
any  circumstances;  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  three  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

INJURING  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  PROPERTY. 

158.  Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  walk  or  run  on  the  capping  of  any 
fence  around  the  grounds  used  as  public  school  grounds  in  said  Vil¬ 
lage  or  in  anywise  deface  or  injure  the  same,  or  cut,  hack,  or  injure 
any  tree  standing  or  growing  in  said  grounds,  or  willfully  injure  or 
deface  any  schoolhouse  or  property  therein,  belonging  either  to  the 
Village  or  any  board  of  school  trustees,  or  corporation  or  private 
person,  or  any  woodshed,  privy,  pump,  well,  cistern,  lock,  or  any 
other  property  whatever  within  the  enclosure  of  said  grounds,  or 
either  of  them,  or  shall  turn  any  cow,  horse,  mule,  hog, -or  other 
domestic  animal,  into  either  of  said  grounds;  and  every  person  viola¬ 
ting  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  three 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


DEFACING  POSTERS. 

159.  Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  destroy,  tear,  mutilate,  cover  over, 
or  otherwise  deface  or  injure  any  bill  or  poster  (posted  in  such  places 
as  may  be  permitted)  without  the  consent  of  the  person  oa  whose  be¬ 
half  the  same  shall  have  been  posted;  and  every  person  violating 
this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  three  nor 
more  than  twenty-live  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

BICYCLES  ON  SIDEWALKS. 

160.  Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  ride  any  bicycle  on  any  sidewalk  in 
said  Village;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  every  offense. 


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WHEEL  TIRES. 

161.  Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  draw  or  drive  any  vehicle  with 
felloes  and  tires  less  than  three  inches  in  breadth  on  any  street  pave¬ 
ment  now  or  hereafter  consrtucted  within  the  Village  of  Meredosia 
with  a  burden  heavier  than  eight  thousand  pounds.  No  person  shall 
draw  or  drive  any  street ’car  (except  upon  a  railway  track)  or  any 
traction  engine  or  other  machine  with  corrugated  or  toothed  wheels, 
over  or  upon  any  pavement  now  or  hereafter  constructed  in  said 
Village;  every  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  up¬ 
on  conviction,  be  lined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  offense. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFENSES  AGAINST  PUBLIC  SAFETY. 

DISCHARGING  FIRE  ARMS. 

162.  Section  1.  That  no  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  said 
Village,  lire  or  discharge  any  cannon,  musket,  rifle,  pistol,  fowling 
piece  or  other  firearms,  or  air  guns,  except  in  case  of  necessity,  or  in 
the  performance  of  a  lawful  act  or  duty,  or  discharge  or  set  off  any 
crackers,  rocket,  torpedo,  squib,  or  other  fireworks,  within  the  limits 
of  said  Village,  without  permission,  first  obtained  from  the  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  some  police  officer  of  said  Village;  and 
every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  offense. 

FIRES  IN  STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 

163.  Sec.  2.  No  person  shall,  in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  or 
alleys  of  said  Village,  or  upon  the  public  square  therein,  make  or 
kindle  any  fire  so  near  to  any  fence,  sidewalk,  building  or  tree  as  to 
damage  the  same;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars  for  every  offense. 

FAST  DRIVING— CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

164.  Sec.  3.  No  person  shall,  in  said  Village,  ride  or  drive  any 
beast  of  burden  in  any  highway,  thoroughfare  or  other  public  place 
at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  eight  miles  per  hour,  unless  in  case  of 
urgent  necessity)  or  ride  or  drive  any  such  animal  so  as  to  cause  any 
such  animal  or  vehicle  thereto  attached  to  come  into  collision  with 
or  strike  any  other  animal  or  vehicle,  or  any  person;  or  leave  any 
such  animal  standing  in  any  public  place  without  being  fastened  or 
so  guarded  as  to  prevent  his  running  away;  or  inhumanly,  unneces¬ 
sarily  or  cruelly  whip,  injure  or  otherwise  abuse  any  animal;  and 


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every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
offense. 


VEHICLES  MEETING  TO  TURN  TO  THE  RIGHT. 

165.  Sec.  4.  In  all  cases  of  persons  meeting  each  other  in 
vehicles  in  any  highway  or  thoroughfare  in  said  Village,  each  person 
so  meeting  shall  turn  off  and  go  to  the  right  hand  side  of  the  thor¬ 
oughfare  or  highway,  so  as  to  enable  each  vehicle  to  pass  without 
accident;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  convic¬ 
tion,  be  fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars 
for  every  offense. 


CARRYING  CONCEALED  WEAPONS. 

166.  Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  wear  or  have  concealed  about  his 
person  any  pistol  or  revolver,  billy,  knuckles  of  brass,  lead  or  other 
metal,  slung  shot,  razor,  dirk  knife,  bowe  knife,  or  any  other  danger¬ 
ous  or  deadly  weapon;  and  any  person  violating  this  section  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  two  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  for  each  offense.  Whenever  any  person  shall  be  convict¬ 
ed  of  a  violation  of  this  section,  a  part  of  the  judgment  of  the  court 
shall  be  the  forfeiture  of  the  weapon  so  carried. 


BLANK  CARTRIDGE  PISTOLS. 


167.  Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  sell,  offer  to  sell,  keep  for  sale,  buy, 
carry  or  have  in  his  possession,  any  blank  cartridge,  otherwise  known 
as  toy  pistol;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  con¬ 
viction,  be  fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


GUNPOWDER. 


168.  Sec.  7.  No  store  or  shop-keeper,  or  other  person,  shall  keep 
at  the  same  time  in  any  house,  shop,  store,  cellar,  or  warehouse,  or 
any  other  place  within  two  blocks  of  the  public  square  of  said  Vil¬ 
lage,  more  than  seventy-five  pounds  of  gunpowder;  and  every  person 
violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  for  every  such  offense.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  police  or 
other  magistrate  of  said  Village,  whenever  he  shall  be  informed  up¬ 
on  oath  that  there  is  reasonable  cause  to  suspect  any  person  of  con¬ 
cealing  or  keeping  within  said  limits,  as  specified  in  this  section  any 
quantity  of  gunpowder  over  and  above  seventy-five  pounds  as  afore¬ 
said,  to  issue  a  search  warrant  to  examine  into  the  truth  of  such  al- 


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legation  or  suspicion,  and  bo  search  any  place  in  such  allegation  or 
oath  mentioned. 


TRAINING  HORSES. 

16D.  Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  brain  or  break  bo  harness  or  vehicle 
any  horse,  colt  or  other  animal,  in  or  upon  any  public  ground  or 
highway  of  said  Village;  and  every  person  violating  this  section  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 


ARTICLE  V. 

VAGABONDS. 

170.  Section  1.  All  persons  who  are  idle  and  dissolute,  and  who 
go  about  begging;  all  persons  who  use  any  juggling  or  other  unlawful 
games  or  plays;  runaways;  pilferers;  confidence  men; common  drunk¬ 
ards;  common  night-walkers;  lewd,  wanton  and  lascivious  persons,  in 
speech  or  behavior,  common  railers  and  brawlers;  persons  who  are 
habitually  neglectful  of  their  employment  or  calling,  and  do  not  law¬ 
fully  provide  for  themselves,  or  for  the  support  of  their  families;  and 
all  person  who  are  idle  or  dissolute  and  who  neglect  all  lawful  busi¬ 
ness,  and  who  habitually  misspend  their  time  by  frequenting  houses 
of  ill-fame,  gaming  houses  or  tippling  shops;  all  persons  lodging  in, 
or  found  in  the  night  time  in  out  houses,  sheds,  barns  or  unoccupied 
buildings  or  lodging  in  the  open  air,  and  not  giving  a  good  account 
of  themselves;  and  all  persons  who  are  known  bo  be  thieves,  burglars 
or  pickpockets,  either  by  their  own  confession  or  otherwise,  or  by 
having  been  convicted  of  larceny,  burglary,  or  other  crimes  against 
the  laws  of  the  State,  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  State 
prison,  or  in  a  house  of  correction  of  any  city,  and  having  no  lawful 
means  of  support,  and  are  habitually  found  prowling  around  any 
steamboat  landing,  railroad  depot,  banking  institution,  broker’s  of¬ 
fice,  place  of  public  amusement,  auction  room,  store,  shop  or  crowd¬ 
ed  thoroughfare,  car  or  omnibus,  or  at  any  public  gathering  or  as¬ 
sembly,  or  lounging  about  any  court  room,  private  dwelling  houses  or 
out-houses,  or  are  found  in  any  house  of  ill-fame,  gambling  house,  or 
tippling  shop,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  they  are  declared  to  be 
vagabonds. 

171.  Sec.  2.  Every  such  person  as  referred  bo  in  section  one  of 
this  article  shall  be  arrested  by  the  proper  Village  authorities  on 
sight,  or  upon  a  warrant  which  shall  be  issued  by  any  magistrate  of 
this  Village  upon  the  sworn  complaint  of  any  citizen  thereof,  and 
directed  to  the  proper  officer,  and  such  person  shall  forthwith  be 
brought  before  any  magistrate  of  this  Village;  and  if  arrested  upon 
sight,  and  without  warrant,  the  officer  making  the  arrest  shall  there¬ 
upon  make  a  sworn  statement  or  complaint  before  the  magistrate 
before  whom  such  person  is  brought,  setting  forth  the  grounds  upon 


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which  the  arrest  was  made.  The  magistrate  shall  thereupon  pro¬ 
ceed  to  hear,  try  and  determine  such  cause  as  in  other  cases  of  a 
violation  of  a  Village  ordinance;  if  convicted  the  defendent  shall  be 
fined  for  the  first  offense  in  the  sum  of  five  dollars  and  in  default  of 
payment  of  such  fine,  together  with  the  costs  of  the  suit,  he  shall  be 
forced  to  labor,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Village  Marshal,  on  the 
streets,  alleys  or  other  public  works  of  this  Village,  with  a  ball  and 
chain  weighing  not  more  than  ten  pounds  securely  attached  to  the 
right  leg,  for  the  period  of  six  days,  working  ten  hours  each  day,  and 
shall,  during  this  time,  when  not  at  work  as  aforesaid,  be  securely 
lodged  in  the  Village  prison, 

ARTICLE  VI. 

SUNDAY  OBSERVANCE. 

172.  Section  1.  Whoever  disturbs  the  peace  and  good  order  of 
society  by  labor  (works  of  necessity  and  charity  excepted),  or  by  any 
amusement  or  diversion  on  Sunday,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars.  This  section  shall  not  be  con¬ 
strued  to  prevent  water  men  and  railroad  companies  from  landing 
their  passengers,  or  watermen  from  loading  their  cargoes,  or  ferry¬ 
men  from  carrying  over  the  water  travelers  and  persons  moving  their 
families,  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  nor  to  prevent  the  due  exercise 
of  the  rights  of  conscience  by  whomever  thinks  proper  to  keep  any 
day  as  a  Sabbath. 

173.  Sec.  2.  Whoever  keeps  open  anyplace  of  business  for  the 
purpose  of  vending  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  on  Sunady  (except 
in  case  of  necessity  or  charity  and  except  in  case  of  drug  stores,  which 
may  be  kept  open  for  the  sole  purpose  of  filling  medical  perscriptions 
and  selling  medicines),  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than 
ten  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense. 

174.  Sec.  3.  Whoever  plays,  on  Sunday,  at  billiards,  ten-pins,  ball, 
or  any  other  game,  in  any  highway  or  other  public  place,  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for 
every  offense;  and  whoever  engages  on  Sunday  in  any  amusement  or 
diversion  which  disturbs  the  peace  and  good  order  of  society,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  similar  penalty. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

OFFENSES  AGAINST  OFFICIAL  AUTHORITY. 

175.  Section  1.  No  person  shall  falsely  assume  or  represent 
himself  to  be  an  officer  of  said  Village,  or,  without  being  duly 
authorized  by  the  Village  board  or  Village  Marshal  of  said  Village, 


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exercise  or  attempt  to  exercise  any  of  the  functions  or  powers  of  an 
officer  of  said  Village  or  shall  hinder,  obstruct,  resist,  or  otherwise 
interfere  with  any  officer  of  said  Village  in  the  discharge  of  his  offi¬ 
cial  duties,  or  attempt  to  rescue  from  such  officer  any  person  in  his 
custody;  and  every  person  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
and  every  such  offense.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  to  aid  and 
assist  the  Marshal,  and  all  other  officers  of  said  Village  whenever  call¬ 
ed  upon  by  them  to  do  so,  in  arresting  any  person  or  persons  for  the 
violation  of  any  ordinance  of  said  Village  of  Meredosia;  and  any  per¬ 
son  failing  so  to  do,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  such 
offense. 


GHAPTER  IX. 


NUISANCES. 


ARTICLE  I. 


OBSTRUCTIONS  IN  HIGHWAYS. 


176.  Section  1.  Any  and  every  obstruction  in  or  upon  any  pub¬ 
lic  ground  or  highway  in  the  Village  of  Meredosia  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  a  nuisance;  provided,  that  any  person  engaged  in  erecting  or  re¬ 
pairing  any  building  or  fence,  or  improving  any  lot  on  any  such 
street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley,  may  receive  a  written  permission  from 
the  Village  Marshal  to  deposit  materials  therein  and  contiguous  to 
such  lot  for  such  length  of  time  as  said  officer  may  deem  necessary 
for  such  erection  and  improvements;  and,  provided  further,  that 
such  permission  shall  not  extend  to  more  than  one-half  the  width  of 
the  sidewalk  adjacent  to  such  improvement  or  to  more  than  fourteen 
feet  of  the  street  adjacent  to  said  sidewalk,  the  gutter  always  being 
left  free  and  unobstructed. 


ARTICLE  II. 


OBSTRUCTING  water  courses. 


177.  Section  1.  Anything  and  everything  so  placed  as  to  ob- 


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struct  in  any  manner  any  ditch,  gutter,  drain,  sewer,  or  water  course 
in  said  Village  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  III. 

RUBBISH  IN  HIGHWAYS. 

178.  Section  1.  Any  and  every  paper,  pasteboard,  dirt,  chips, 
wood,  brick,  stone,  glassware,  crockery,  or  other  rubbish,  and  any 
and  every  dead  animal,  manure,  filth,  noxious  or  offensive  matter 
placed  or  deposited  in  or  upon  any  public  ground  or  highway  in  said 
Village  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFENSIVE  THINGS  AND  PLACES. 

17D.  Section  1.  Any  and  all  filthy  or  unclean  water  conducted, 
in  any  manner,  into  or  upon  any  public  ground  or  highway  in  said 
Village,  and  anything  endangering  the  health  of  any  citizen,  and  any 
sink-hole  or  other  place  or  thing  offensive  to  the  neighborhood  in 
which  the  same  may  be,  i§  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  V. 

SLAUGHTER  HOUSES  AND  UNWHOLESOME  TRADES. 

180.  Section  1.  Each  and  every  slaughter  house  and  every 
manufactory,  establishment  or  place  in  which  shall  be  carried  on  any 
art,  trade  or  manufacture  causing  any  unwholesome  and  offensive 
odor  or  smell,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

DEAD  ANIMALS. 

181.  Section  1.  Any  and  every  dead  animal  left  to  putrify  in 
any  part  of  said  Village  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

STAGNANT  WATER. 

182.  Section  1.  Any  and  all  water  left  standing  or  stagnant 
upon  any  lot,  part  or  parcel  of  land  within  said  Village,  because  of 
insufficient  or  improper  ditching  or  draining  or  grading  is  hereby  de¬ 
clared  to  be  a  nuisance. 


ORDINANCES. 


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ARTICLE  VIII. 

FILTHY  HOUSES  AND  LOTS. 

188.  Section  1.  Any  and  every  lot,  part  or  parcel  of  land,  build¬ 
ing-,  premises  or  appurtenances  thereto,  of  whatever  description, 
which  shall  contain  any  filth,  material  or  thing  offensive  to  the 
neighborhood  in  which  the  same  may  be,  or  any  thing  of  an  un¬ 
healthy  character,  or  any  thing  of  a  character  likely  to  contribute  to 
disease  contagion  or  infection  of  any  kind,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 
nuisance. 

ARTICLE  IX 

FEEDING  STOCK  IN  HIGHWAYS. 

184.  Section  1.  The  feeding  of  any  hogs,  cattle  or  other  live 
stock  in  any  public  ground  or  highway  in  said  Village  is  hereby  de¬ 
clared  to  be  a  nuisance. 


ARTICLE  X. 

CROWDING  SIDEWALKS. 

185.  Sectson  1.  The  crowding  of  persons  upon  any  sidewalk 
or  highway  at  any  auction  sale  or  elsewhere,  in  such  manner  as  to 
obstruct  the  free  and  convenient  passage  of  persons  along  and  across 
any  said  sidewalk  or  highway,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

AWNINGS. 

180,  Section  1.  Any  and  every  unsafe  or  decayed  or  unsteady 
awning  in  said  Village  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  XII 

STALLIONS — KEEPING. 

187,  Section  1.  The  keeping  or  causing  to  be  kept  in  an  in¬ 
decent  or  disorderly  manner,  of  any  stallion  or  jackass,  in  said  Vil¬ 
lage,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

STALLIONS — EXHIBITING. 


188.  Section  1.  The  public  exhibiting,  in  any  indecent  manner, 


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of  any  stallion  or  jackass,  in  said  Village,  is  hereby  declared  to  be 
a  nuisance. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

PENALTY. 

189.  Section.  1.  Whoever  shall  create  or  continue  any  of  the 
nuisances  in  this  chapter  defined  or  suffer  the  same  to  exist,  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  two  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

ABATEMENT  OF  NUISANCES. 

190.  Section  I.  Whoever  shall  create,  continue  or  suffer  any  of 
the  nuisances  in  this  chapter  defined,  shall  be  notified  in  writing  by 
the  Village  Marshal  to  abandon  and  abate  the  same  within  forty- 
eight  hours  after  service  of  said  notice,  and  on  failure  of  said  person 
to  comply  with  said  notice,  the  Village  Marshal  shall  forthwith 
cause  said  nuisance  to  be  abated  and  the  expense  of  such  abate¬ 
ment  of  nuisance  shall  be  collected  by  suit  brought  by  the  Village 
against  the  person  notified.  (See- Health  Department.) 


GHAPTER  X. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

ARTICLE  I. 

GENERAL  PENALTY- 

191.  Section  1.  Every  person,  Company  orcorporation  violating 
any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  these  ordinances,  where  no  other 
fine  or  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

ARTICLE  II. 

GENERAL  REPEAL. 

192,  Sfction  1  All  public  or  general  ordinances  or  parts  there¬ 
of,  not  included  within  these  ordinances  are  hereby  repealed;  pro¬ 
vided,  that  no  right,  debt,  obligation,  or  liability  accrued  or  incurred, 


ORDINANCES. 


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and  no  tine,  penalty  or  forfeiture,  assessed,  imposed  or  declared,  and 
no  suit,  prosecution  or  action  instituted  and  pending,  under  or  by 
virtue  of  any  such  ordinance  shall  be  released,  discharged  or  anulled,  ( 
or  in  any  wise  affected  by  such  repeal;  but  the  same  may  be  prosecu¬ 
ted,  recovered,  completed  and  enjoyed  in  the  same  manner,  and  as 
fully,  in  all  respects,  as  if  such  ordinances,  or  parts  thereof,  had  re¬ 
mained  in  full  force. 

193,  Sec.  2.  Special  or  private  ordinances,  orders  and  resolu¬ 
tions,  passed  by  the  Village  Board,  are  not  hereby  repealed  or  mod¬ 
ified  unless  the  same  be  repugnant  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance. 

ARTICLE  III. 


THE  TAKING  EFFECT  OF  THIS  ORDINANCE. 


194.  Section  1.  THESE  ORDINANCES  SHALL  BE  IN  FULL 
FORCE  AND  EFFECT  FROM  AND  AFTER  THEIR  PASSAGE. 

195.  Sec.  2.  These  ordinances  shall  be  printed  and  published  in 
pamphlet  form,  to  be  entitled  “ORDINANCES  OF  THE  VIL¬ 
LAGE  OF  MEREDOSIA.” 

We  hereby  certify  that  the  foresgoing  ordinances  were  passed  and 
approved  this  28th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1907. 

JOSEPH  S.  SCHMITT, 
President  of  Board  of  Trustees. 

E.  F.  PRICE,  Village  Clerk. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 
County  of  Morgan,  V  SS. 
Village  of  Meredosia.  \ 


1,  E.  F.  Price,  Village  Clerk-of  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  do  hereby 
certify  that  the  above  and  foregoingis  a  true  copy  of  the  Ordinances 
of  the  Village  of  Meredosia,  Morgan  County,  Illinois,  adopted  by  the 
President  and  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  Village  at  their  regular 
meeting  held  on  the  28th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1907. 

I  further  certify  that  the  original  Ordinances,  of  which  the  forego¬ 
ing  is  a  certified  copy,  is  by  law  entrusted  to  my  custody  for  safe¬ 
keeping,  and  is  on  file  in  my  office. 


Witness  my  hand  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said  Village  this  28th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1907. 


j  Corporate  Seal  of  Village 
(  of  Meredosia. 


E.  F.  PRICE,  Village  Clerk. 


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INDEX. 


Index. 


INDEX  A.  SECTION  NO. 

Appropriations .  79  to  80 

Anticipation  of  Taxes .  .  82  to  85 

Assault  and  Battery,  Riot,  Rout  or  Affray .  147 

Awnings .  186 

INDEX  B. 

Boundries .  1 

Burial  of  the  Dead .  .  . 107  to  118 

Billiards  or  Pool  Room . 134  to  138 

Beast  of  Burden  on  Sidewalk .  154 

Bicycles  on  Sidewalks .  160 

Blank  Cartridge  Pistols .  167 

index  c. 

Committees . 5  to  14 

Village  Clerk .  42  to  64 

Committee  on  Public  Health .  87 

Complaint  of  Violation . . .  131 

Carrying  Concealed  Weapons .  166 

Crowding  Sidewalks . 185 

index  d. 

Disturbance  of  Peace .  125 

Drunkenness .  138 

Disorderly  House . .  154 

Disturbing  the  Peace .  149 

Disturbing  any  Assembly  or  Meeting, .  150 

Drays,  Carts,  Wagons,  Etc.,  in  Streets,  Etc .  . .  157 

Defacing  Posters .  159 

Discharging  Fire  Arms .  162 

Dead  Animals .  181 


INDEX. 


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INDEX  E.  SECTION  NO. 

Effect  of  this  Ordinance . 194  to  195 

INDEX  F. 

Fees  and  Salaries. ! . 33 

Finance  Department .  64  to  67 

Fiscal  Year.. .  78 

Forfeiture  of  License. . . 133 

Fires  in  Streets  and  Aileys .  163 

Fast  Driving- — Cruelty  to  Animals .  164 

Filthy  Houses  and  Lots .  183 

Feeding-  Stock  in  Highway  .  184 

INDEX  G. 

Gaming  in  Saloons . 126 

Gaming  House . 140 

Gaming  Instruments  in  Building.  . .  .  141 

Giving  False  Alarm  of  Fire .  151 

Gunpowder .  168 

General  Penalty . .  191 

General  Repeal . 192  to  194 

INDEX  H. 

Health  Department .  85  to  88 

Health  Warden .  88  to  96 

Houses  of  Ill  Fame .  144 

INDEX  i. 

Inspection  of  Markets . .  89 

Indecent  Behavior .  139 

.Jnmates  of  Gaming  House .  143 

Injuring  Public  School  Propety .  158 

INDEX  L. 

Levy  of  Taxes .  81 

Liquor  License . 119  to  123 

INDEX  N. 

Nuisances,  Abatement  of .  190 

INDEX  O. 

Order  of  Business .  4 

Ordinance  Affixed  to  License .  130 

Obtaining  Money  by  Device  or  Game, .  142 

Offenses  Concerning  Public  and  Private  Property .  153 

Offenses  against  Official  Authority .  175 

Obstruction  in  Highways .  176 

Obstructing  Water  Courses .  177 

Offensive  Things  and  Places .  179 


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INDEX. 


INDEX  P.  SECTION  NO. 

President  Board  of  Trustees .  34  to  42 

Pig  Pens .  118 

Penalties .  132 

Posting  Immoral  Pictures .  146 

Permitting  Disturbance  of  Peace . 148 

Penalty  .  180 

INDEX  R. 

Rules .  15  to  32 

Rubbish  in  Highway .  178 

index  s. 

Selling  Liquors  to  Minors  and  Drunkards .  123 

Selling  Adulterated  Liquors . 124 

Screened  Windows  and  Doors .  127 

Saloons  Subject  to  Visitation  by  Village  Officers . 128  to  130 

Sale  of  Liquor  by  Druggists .  129 

Spreading  Water  on  Sidewalks,  Etc .  155 

Sunday  Observance . 172  to  175 

Stagnant  Water .  182 

Stallion — Keeping .  187 

Stallion  Exhibiting .  188 

Slaughter  Houses  and  Unwholsome  Trades .  180 

INDEX  T. 

Time  and  Place  of  Meeting .  2 

Treatment  of  Contagious  Diseases .  97  to  107 

Trap  Doors,  Etc.,  in  Sidewalks  and  Thoroughfare .  156 

Training  Horses .  169 

INDEX  U. 

Using  Abusive  or  Insulting  Language .  152 

INDEX  V. 

Village  Treasurer .  67  to  78 

Vehicles,  Meeting  to  Turn  to  the  Right . .  165 

Vagabonds . I70  to  I72 

index  w. 


Wheel  Tires 


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